
          Manchester, N.J. 11 Nov. 1845


 My Dear Friend


 Yesterdy morning Iput up
 in great haste a parcel to be forwarded to
 you at NewYork which Mrs. Torrey very kindly
 promised to send to the Med. College. It 
 contains fresh seeds of a considerable number
 of [number?] of plants found about here &
 may be acceptableto Dr. Gray for whom they
 were intended and you will please forward 
 them to him In the same bundle
 you will find specimens of Rhynchospora
 cephalantha, Gray. (the Simon Pure) with native
 seeds and also specimens of the same form
 of Rhynchospora which I sent you in the
 summer but now fully mature also accompanied
 by mature seeds. - You told me by a
 letter that you could discover no difference between
 my plant and the R. cephalantha. But remarked
 that the plant in question was not mature -


 As I have examined several hundred individuals
 of both forms I will hastily tell you what
 has been the result of my observations. - Compared
 with Rhynchospora - my plant is every way more
 slender (though nearly or quite as tall) heads smaller
 more closely sessile or rather shorted peduncled

        