
          As to Batis I did not remember where Lindley put it,
but, on looking at Spragues analysis it struck me as
being nearly Euphorbiaceous in structure; which I
see nearly agrees with Lindley's view.-

I have never examined that [?] [?] 
thing. We will examine it together, this summer.

Hooker wrote me how much he was interested in the
plants you sent him.

Munroe & [Co?] have not [advanced?] the manual as
they should, nor followed my direction properly, so the rest
of the edition will sell off slowly, which I am not very
sorry for, as I do not want the trouble of making a new
one next spring. As to the [puffs?] Holton may make himself
easy. He has written me a long letter about it, but I
shant trouble myself on the matter.

I have asked Gould to have the Proceedings of
the Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. forwarded to you. You will
soon get a large batch of Proceedings of Am. Acad. for
the current year. For the terms of Mem. A. Acad see
enclosed advertisement. You will be anxious to have
our new volume & can take it when you come on here.
About 200 pages of vol. IV. are in type.

All the details I have about poor Endlicher's death
are in a letter from Tommassini, who says that he was
suddenly prostrated by a severe illness which was soon fatal,
about the 1st of march. T saw him in January at Bresnia,
his position was not pleasant, and he says he expressed regret
at being compromised in political matters. The May

        