
          Cambridge 11th April 1857 


 Dear Dr. 


 The drawings were
 duly received (3 spec. [specimens] for E. Ex. [Exploring Expedition],
 & Hochstein is sketching the 
 Saxifraga.


 So "Gibbesia" is a Clintonia.
 Then what could you have 
 seen in it to make a genus of? 


 As to ['t?] other Clintonia
 I do not see that you are 
 at all bound adopt the suggestion 
 of Wittia; the name so
 as the other really does immortalize 
 our Clinton, and he never 
 would be detected in the form of 
 Wittia. 


 The Grass-man is 
 Major Monro of E. Ind. [East India] Service. 
 I do not know him personally, 
 but he is quite a worker and 
 is taking to Grass.
        