
          in this section have rugose or otherwise uneven seeds; and
 those with entire leaves (as Epolygonifolia etc) have smooth
 seeds! I know only one exception, a plant from the
 foot of the A. Mts which I have called deltoidea, it
 has entire leaves and rugose seeds.


 I know nothing new about Cuscutae, and have
 learnt nothing yet about C. umbellata from Berlin,
 where specimens must be preserved.


 My Asclepias Lindheimeri (perhaps too near
 A. longicornu of which I have sent you specimens
 by Dr. Gray, is flourishing finely with me, and if
 it should bloom well, I shall take a drawing of it for you.
 Have I told you of an Asclepias which grows in this
 neighborhood, though very rare, near A [ampolexicaulis?], but
 well distinguished? a larger plant , with larger flowers,
 the corona much longer that the columella etc.


 I have also six Cactus from texas growing, of which
 three or four will bloom this summer, some apparently
 undescribed.


 I have put aside for you all the texan plants
 you desired, except the Aristolochia, of which there
 were only a few specimens, which I could not retain
 from the regular subscribers. I shall send them by private
 hand in a day or two. Please consider them as
 a present from Mr. Lindheimer. If you could
 give me always a list of those texan plants amongst
 Lindheimers collections, which you desire for yourself,
 before the distribution of the plants into sets, I can 
        