
          and flat on the third thus [drawing of a triangle with concave sides]. - The new species
 is about half an inch wide and nearly of an equal
 width throughout except at the top where it
 is narrowed to a mere point overtopping the cluster
 of spikes from half an inch to an inch and a
 half or perhaps to little more. - It can be readily
 bent, or flattened down in any direction without
 breaking which can hardly be done with S.
 triqueter - It grows in marshy places where the 
 water is brackish and affected by the tides and
 among Scirpus lacustris, S. triqueter, Sabattia
 stellaris, S. chloroides & Typha latifolia etc. etc. etc.


 In the nut & bristles I have seen but little difference
 between this species and S. triqueter yet in its general
 appearance there is a well marked distinction
 and there is, as far as I have been able to make
 observations, no tendency to run into each other.


 I saw no intermediate form of the plants
 that would indicate a mere variery of S. triqueter.


 You inquire respecting musquitoes? We have had but
 few yet, last season the came at least a month
 before this time - Have you an extra copy of
 Fremont's Report? I should be glad to see it.


 I have heard nothing from Dr. [Crawe?] since
 but intend to write soon. - Willis says he
 would like to have me accompany him to the
 Pines of Long Island about the last of August. -
        