
          of Menzelia, an interesting Heliotropium with large flowers
 and others.


 Your most acceptable present, the Cyperaceae, has had
 the good effect of inducing me to study this so far by me
 neglected family, and I have been lucky enough to find
 two species of [Cyperous?], not described by you; and also
 abundantly your C. acuminatus.


 We have here C. diandrus ([?].) C. diandrus var [lastaneus?] [added: (common)],
 C. michauxianus C. strigosus (also a var. with large leafy [involuc?],
 C. repens, C. filiculmis C. inflexus C. acuminatus C. ovularis
 C. erythorrhizos.-


 C ovularis, C. [B?], C. [letingonus?] and a fourth one [from?] here
 included in paper No 1. belong evidently to one group, with
 4 angular spikes; the last is the loosest and with most
 flowers in the spike, largest nuts etc; [?] tuberous
 and creeping, in sandy soil.


 C. michauxianus and my new one No 2 also belong
 together in the structure of the spikelet; [articulates?] fragile
 [?] etc; nut included entire in the interior scales
 in mine, only lower part im C. Mich. The new one
 ought to be called tenuiflorus or tenuispicus
 I have found it on the muddy banks of a sluggish stream
 with C. mich & C. erythorrhizos; all three annuals!
 C. mich. & C. erythr. grow everywhere together here, [added; on the banks of the Mississippi]
 and frequently many depressed stems, 3-6 inches long
 from the same base; they are rarely tall & erect.
 No 3 is a variety of C. strigosus & not the same,
 bud spikes & scales different; found with very large compact
 umbels and very small, loose ones; might be your

        