
          P.S. Sprague says you were to
 send notes or descr. of the Fremontia &
 the Portulacaceous genera. Will you?


 I have found the missing plants of the [?]
 Fremontians that Sprague [crossed out: illeg.] begun to draw,
 & left unfinished 2 years ago. He is now finishing
 them.


 P.S. Friday evening [in pencil: Aug. 1848]


 Dear Doctor


 I have got a puzzle over
 Malva & Malva-like Sidas. ([crossed out M.])
 Sida Malvae flora etc. Has this a radicle
 superior" [in?] Sida, or no.


 I suppose you
 have gone over them in studying the Expl. Exped.
 Collection. (I have one new one, I think, No. 80
 Fendler, to which your 410 (1845) Fremont is also
 allied. That looks like Lindleys figure of [crossed out: Malv]
 Sida malvaeflora; but is very diffnt. [different] from the
 plant of [?] [?] [?], etc. Indeed I
 find all sorts of confusion about them. I see
 my way through the [?] [?] pretty
 well. But not through the rest. I should like 
        