
          Boston Nov 4, 1832

My Dear Sir,

I recd.[received] yours of 31 on Friday afternoon &
the next morning called on Mr. Renshaw at the Custom House
& gave him his half. he did not know whether the packages
had been landed but would attend & would either forward it
to you or deliver it to me he did not know whether there would be
any charge but if there should he would let me know & I will
settle it. You have made some mistake about the Anemone.
In the Flora Bor Am [Flora Boreali-Americana], an Anemone multifida is described &
A hudsoniana [Anemone hudsoniana] of Richardson in Franklin's journal is referred to
as a synonym but this plant is not figured in Fl. Bor. Am. the description
in this work of A. multifida so far as relates to the 
leaves & involverum agrees very well with my plants but "heads of
pericarps roundish oval" does not at all correspond & the hooked
style is not mentioned. Dr. Hooker to whom I sent it says "an
Anemone near Virginia appears [crossed out: ?] [added: to] me new with an exceedingly
narrow receptacle of carpels & remarkably uncinate styles" this
last character was what first satisfied me that the plant was distinct
from Virginica. The Dr. certainly thought it distinct from
multifida (Hudsoniana) but whether it is or not I cannot
pretend to decide. should it prove new uncinata would perhaps
be a better name than the one I first proposed.

I do not feel disposed just now to subscribe to Mr. Schweinitz['s]
Southern Traveller as I have made up my mind to give to Leitner

        