
          Saturday. Oct. 28. 1848


 Dear Doctor


 I have overhauled Cymopterus, &
 think you are quite right in referring the wings to
 primary juga, though the appearances seemed odd to
 me. I find C. montanus (which is Fendl. 275) with
 5-winged [mericaps?] in your spec. while in Fendl. they
 were 4 & 3. They are all one genus. Nuttall's
 Leptoenama is nothing for C. montanus has free 2-[?]
 carpophores very fine, (I dare say they all have) &
 the wings being sometimes [5?] on montanus breaks down
 all char. of Pteryxia. Nutt. But as to
 the [incurved?] albumen, just look at the perfectly
 ripe fruit you will find in a glued specimen
 of Fendlers 2nd Exped, which I found among undertermined
 [Peucedana?], & have put in your Cymoperous
 [?] - & you will find the albumen perfectly semi-linear.
 The tendency runs through the genus, I think.


 Tuesday Morning Oct. 31st 1848


 My Dear Friend


 [Carey?] goes this morning, and we
 are packing him up. We have had a nice
 time. He has worked at little, though, except [?]
 but has overhauled bundles - in [?] plants
 & taken specimens, etc-


 I send by him the contents of your pigeon-holes,
 except, except the little portfolia of [?]
 [incutae?] in a [snug?] parcel. There is also a set of
 [Gards?] plants made this year, for you, but I have
 not yet found time to ticket them, and must also

        