
          377. 1844
A remarkable species, without cones.
Probably a Pinus though the leaves
are almost all solitary! only two
or three being found double in the
same sheath.

Washington City [Feby?] 26, 1845.

My Dear Sir,

In looking over the list of
plants the words which I have underscored
in the above struck me for the
first time to day, & I has to tell you
that in the first box of fossils
which I sent some weeks ago to
Dr. Hall, was a cone for you in 
good preservation belonging to that tree.
As there were many specimens of the
same tree the cone was probably
referred to another number. I also sent
you some fruit or seeds of the same
in a letter. I am very much
interested in this particular tree.
Among the plants was a small bundle
or sheaf of sweet scented grass from
Grand river of the Rocky Mts. It was
not labelled. Can you tell me its name?
Can you tell me the botanic name
of what is commonly called in the west Buffalo grass?
        