
          but bad as the specimens were when I
 collected them and worse as they are
 since dried I know they are not the
 Amianthium Leimanthoides, - Which I
 found in good fruit and flower in
 the same locality - Respecting the
 plant under consideration, I will
 remark here, that in some specimens
 the flowers [?] of a greenish white &
 in others a reddish brown in other respects
 presenting no apparent difference
 to me in a hurried examination
 with the naked eye - I have spoken
 to Mr. Rowell, who is willing to
 transmit small parcels to Princeton &
 back, and I hope to avail myself
 of this opportunity to send you any
 thing you may please to order. -


 After diligent search I have not
 yet found Cyperus flavescens this
 year - I may yet take a tramp to
 Barnegat & Menahawkin in a week
 or so but cannot yet determine 
        