
          Mem. [Memoranda]


 Choisy has published a monography of Cuscuta, in
 9th Vol. [Volume], 2nd part of Mem. Soc. Phys. et d'Hist. Nat. [M�moires de la Soci�t� de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Gen�ve] of
 Geneva, which I need not describe to you particularly, as
 you will doubt less find the Vol. [Volume] at the Lyceum.


 His C. [Cuscuta] glomerata = Lepidanche Compositarum, Engelm. [Engelmann]
  "     C. compacta = L. adpressa, Engelm. in [litt.? inod.?] !
  "     C. Gronovii   = L. vulgivaga B.   "


 Engelmann's others he has not. I will notice it in
 next no. [number] of Silliman.


 Curtis writes that he has sent me a small parcel 
 (chiefly Carex Fraseriana) from [Newben?], which should
 be in New York by this time. He says he has sent
 a short paper to Silliman, describing some of his N. [North]
 Carolinian plants; Thermopsis, Hypericum, Vaccinium Ursicum,
 &c. I wrote him that he must not interfere with Buckely's
 new collections (& I think he has not); and for this
 season I suspect he sent to Silliman directly & not
 through me. But he is too late, I doubt not, for the
 ensuing (Jany. [January]) number.


 I find you have made the same very natural mistake
 as Hooker, and put away a very fine specimen of
 Stokesia (N. [H.?] Drummond) among Centaureae.


 Curtis writes that Buckley has specimens of his 
 Helianthus Dowellianus, which is [I?] suspect is not new 
 but greatly wish to see a specimen of. 


 I want to see specimens of "Arnica Montana [N.Y.? [New York?]] 
 Cat. [Catalog]" from Essex Mts. [Mountains], or good suite, You have none from theere
 in your herb [herbarium]. The spec. [specimen] is A. [Arnica] lanceolata, Nutt. [Nuttall] but 
 I think also A. [Arnica] mollis, Hook [Hooker].


 You have Cnicus benedictus in that cat [catalog]. Is it a 
 naturalized plant: I have never seen it in U.S. [United States] nor have 
 we any specimen in either of our herbaria from this country.
 Pray inform me.
 You do not mention Onopordon, which is naturalized here.

        