
          Nov. 23rd. 1848

Dear Doctor

As to your Geranium fremontii.
I have recovered the specimen in Spragues hands
all safe. & with the specimens of [crossed out: Emory] [added: [?] are before]
me. It is not Engelmann's G. pentagynum (which is
near G. incisum, Nutt), nor the Geranium [crossed out: for] which
Engelmann & I took for it (& I consider as G. caespitosum.
James, as it is the smallest & deeper-colored species), [?] it is
what in the notes of Pl. Fendl. stands as G. Fendleri, Englemann.
So that turns out very well, & you can
have a G. fremontii, Englemann a G. pentagynum,
& I (what I insist on) a G. [caespiosum?], James.

As to your new Kallstroemia, if you do not
at once send me a character to publish, or a fragment
of your specimen, by which I can be sure it is the
same as the [Coulter?] plant (which Harvey reports as Kallistromia.
[?] sp.) I shall not be able to secure it.

That singular [?] Pencadum? _ with thick and large
downy leaflets (E. Expl.) is sent in your last parcel in a
cover with plants "For Dr Gray." Do you mean it is
for me to keep? Do you not wish it returned?

Paronia lecontii - all a-waiting for Le Contes
specimen - which I want badly.

Jane came home yesterday (Wednesday) much better,
& stronger - nearly well- will write & solicit Eliza's
visit soon.

Yours in haste.

AGray
        