
          you to characterize it as a distinct genus.

We have the Amaranthaceus thing here to figure
& you have sent Limnanthes. But is
it worth while to give a plate to this, when
as I see Benth. [George Bentham] finds nothing noticeable in its structure
differing from the well-known L. Douglasii [Limnanthes douglasii].

For Chamaebatia, shall the figure be made
entirely from my (Hartwegian) material, or have you 
not some fruit from [John Charles] Fremont. And what
will you take to complete the decade?

How sad is the mishap of Fremont in
the Mountains. It was too rash to attempt it
in winter.

[August] Fendler, after changing his mind a dozen times, has
at length, at the last account, decided to botanize
around Mormontown.

Jane is getting better, but is far from well.

In haste
Yours, truly
AGray

Printing of Genera is going on.
Rhamnus Munfolius Hook,Tex is a
Zizyphus [Ziziphus].
        