
          What shall I do? I think the slightly [produced?]
 anthus which you mention in P. [Pyrola] uliginosa (more than in P. rotundifolia,
 but less than in P. chlorantha) also holds in P. asarifolia,
 and may help it out. 


 Both my recollection and the specimens conspire
 to make me think that you have described the leaves
 of P. uliginosa as too dull. The upper surface is surely
 shining. (I see that in the observ. [observation] you speak of the Calyx-
 segments as "acuminate", last line but one. That would make 
 your character exactly accord with DC [De Candolle's] char. [character] of P. asarifolia,
 and with genuine specimens.) 


 Why do you only quote one locality in New York 
 & that Dr. K. [Knieskern], when you have had the plant in your 
 herb. [herbarium] from me since 1832, along side of a real P. rotundifolia
 & the differences indicated in the labels, and the name 
 was first given subsequently in reference to these & later specimens 
 (from various localities). In the Catalogue you have given 
 the range extensive enough, so far as regards New York. Do 
 not imagine that I care the least for the omission of my 
 name as the discoverer.


 P. [Pyrola] chlorantha is a more common plant than the few 
 special localities would make appear. It is all through the
 Western & Northern part of the States.


 You are quite right about the anthers of Pyroleae
 (p. [page] 451). Where did the mistake arise? It is in Wahl. [Wahlenberg]
 Fl. Suec. [Flora suecica], & runs thro Don [Monograph of the genus Pyrola, by David Don], DC [De Candolle], Endlicher, &c. I wonder at
 it. The least inspection shows that the filament is bent 
 back, on itself in the bud, and this by the way is the 
 general aestivation and Ericacea.


 P. [Page] 429. The compound pollen of Ericaceae is an old observation,
 I wonder that DC. [De Candolle] and Endlicher have omitted it. But it is far
 from universal. The pollen is simple in many genera, e.g. Clethra. 
 The proper number of grains is 4, but as we cant see behind only
 3 are usually visible in any position. But Sprague
        