
          Ansd. [Answered] Nov. [added:2-]5


 Cambridge, Nov. 2, 1861.


 Dear Friend, 


 Your not naming my Mertensia
 I have been obliged to devote 2 days to 
 their study, and can clear up the 
 genus pretty nearly. 


 But you must help me to know 
 your M. [Mertensia] alpina.
 Does it answer to 286, or 287 of
 Parry's, here sent. 
 Have you a bit of Nuttall's P. [Pulmonaria] oblongifolia?
 (Wyeth). It is not the 287. 
 Pray help me here. 


 There will be beautiful specimens of 
 your M. [Mertensia] ciliata, which = denticulata,
 Lehm [Lehmann], and = the original Sibirica
 which latter name must be restored. 
 Indeed, now that I am fresh in 
 them, I should like to revise your 
 genus cover of Mertensia.


 How obstinately silent you [paper torn]
 gold? Ever
        