
          Manchester, N.J. 19th Sept 1844.


 My Dear Friend


 Your two letters of the 11th &
 13th Inst. are before me - I feel myself much
 indebted for the information they contain. -


 You may readily concieve how I was misled {?]
 in arriving at the true name of the Ceratoschoenus
 when I tell you that I had a specimen of C.
 macrostachys, in my possession, which was taller
 with short almost inclosed peduncles and very
 compact inflorescence. - I more than suspected
 that the Road side plant from Egypt
 was Sida spinosa, but thought the spines
 rather short - I percieve too that I made
 a blunder in calling a Lespedeza Desmodium
 I ought to know enough about them to distinguish
 the two genera, but must confess
 that I am not acquainted with the
 species of either, except a few - A few
 days since I visited the high banks of
 Toms River on the North side in search
 of Clitoria - which I did not find. -
 But in the place of the C - I collected
 several interesting plants I had not
 before seen in the County Anemone Virginiana
 Vitis - 'Pigeon grape' Vilfa longifolia
 Celtis; - in fruit - Phaseolus -
 several species of Lespedeza etc. etc.
 I expect again to visit the Salt Marsh soon


   
        