
          Alopecius. Glyceria or the next species, a
Carex thet somewhat resembles acuta but entirely smooth
C. lanuginosa. C. flava.

On my way home
near Boonville in this Co. (Oneida) I found a
Carex in a pool of water that I have not yet
been able to make out, also a Lithospermum
and some other good things.

I received a letter a few days since from my 
friend Dr. Douglas of Hamilton I requested of
him to collect the solidagos and asters of his neighborhood
which he informs me he has done, and
he make search & inquiry for the Aconitum. He says
it has been much looked for but he believes has not
been found by any other botanist that Le Conte,
& will probably not be found until the exact 
locality can be ascertained. A short time since 
the visits, he made a trip with a friend to [?]
11 miles from Hamilton he found a small crufierous
plant which he sent me & I will send it to you.
On their return his friend told himthat he saw
growing in a very dark ravine Xanthorhiza apiifolia.
He said he was not mistaken for he was familiar
with it in Ohio and did not suspect that it was
scarce here. Is it found in the State? He further
writes that the Proserpinacea pectinata, the only locality
he ever saw it was in a ditch cut through a beaver 
meadow near Vernon Village. I will procure specimens
of him or go and get them if they can
be found.

I sent a box of 75 good Cypripedium roots
by a Lake Boat, Wm Page New York and
Seneca Falls line the captain told me he should
probably be in New York next Thursday. I
paid the charges to N.Y. & directed him to
send it by a carman to No 30 Mac Dougal St.
not being informed whether you still reside there
or not. I had not time to procure other
plants or seeds within the prescribed limits,
(by the 1st of July.)
        