
          specimens of the Pelargonion of which Burchell has plenty
he has introduced all Sweet's species with their ugly name.
A great proportionof Burchell's collection is entirely new.

Sprengle's Species Plantarum is a villainous  production - 
scarcely a reference of any kind. Unless you have faith
in him sifficient to remove a [mountain?] his book will
be of little value. He gets on however with a most marvellous
celerity. There is no chance at all of [Schultes?] doing 
anything mroe. He has disagreed with most of his 
contributors. [C.H.] Persoon is really preparing for a 2nd edition
but it is chiefly on his own asssertion and he may only
be wanting to accumulate specimens to sell which he
is known to be in the habit of doing. He wanted
things from me 3 months ago but I knew him
too well. There is a very beautiful work
just completing at Paris which you can
scarcely have yet seen. It is called "Essai 
sur les cryptogames des écorces exotiques officinales,
par A.L.A. Fée. It forms 1 450 vol. 33 plates very nicely
colored containing 130 figures of new (chiefly) lichens. On
papier velum it comes to about [pounds] 3-0-0.

I cannot think what is the matter with [Stephen] Elliott. In return
for the 8 first parts of his work which he promised to
continue to send I forwarded a package of plants and a
copy of my Fl. Edinensis & c. This was nearly 2 years ago
and I know the parcel reached Charleston in safety as well
as a subsequent letter. Yet I have never had a line
from him. I wish you could find by means of a side
[wind?] the occasion of it.

In one of my letters (I think) I mentioned some Alga
you had sent to [C.H.] Agardh Have you any duplicates? I 
am very keen in adding to this part of my collection.
Agardh sent me a number of his more minute new
species. His Systema is too brief and wants an index
        