
          Cambridge Jany [January] 22, 1858


 My Dear Friend


 Only a brief note to-day,
 which I will enclose
 in an envelope Jane has
 just addressed to your girls.


 We wish you could have
 staid longer. I feel as if
 you hardly accomplished
 anything, nor staid long enough
 to do much visiting.


 We are always very glad to
 have you come


 Anent Tetraclea.
 When the thing first attracted
 my attention, Bentham said
 it must be Verbenaceae. He
 never has said anything to
 me about it since. But you
 wrote me B. [Bentham] says it is only
 Trichostema. It must be
 looked to. The deeply 4-
 parted fruit, & the reticulated
 nutlets, & ascending seeds
        