
          Dear Doctor


 Engelmann has sent me a long
 note about [Gerania?]- & as I now have
 an authentic specimen of G. pentagynum
 (Pl. Willizenus) I now understand his species,
 in regard to which he had misled me by calling
 in Fendlers. cat. no. 90, G. pentagynum.
 His plant is much nearer G. incisum,
 Nutt.- is very distinct from your G.
 fremontii. To make all sure, I want you
 to compare no. 89 Fendl. with your G. fremontii
 (or send me a piece of it). I remember yours
 but have it not. Has it not peduncles much
 larger (3-4 times) than the pedicels. I presume
 your plant is same as no. 89. But do you
 know, I think it must be G. caespitosum.
 [James?]. [foliage?], size & color of the flower agrees with,
 and I want to restore that name, if you will
 allow. Else it must ever remain appended as a
 species dubia.


 If your G. Fremontii is a species with a more
 glandular pubescence on upper part of stam & calyx, with
 leaves truncate at the base, and with pedicels twice
 the length of the peduncle, then it is the same as no.
 90. Pl. Fendl. (single specimen). Please let me know.

        