
          The [same?] day wh [when] we parted I arrived in Philadia [Philadelphia]
just as the sun was setting. I missed the way also about
two miles in the barrens. Finding nothing to amuse me
I continued at a steady pace towards the city occasionally
reflecting on our excursion.

On slightly examining the glaucous grass with
the capillary panicle wh [which] we found at New Bridge, I observed 
that the calix is often two-flowered yet it is more
of a Poa than an Aira no less than the A. obtusata [Aira obtusata]
[?] A. mollis [Aira mollis] of Mühlenburg. It has not the avenaceous
calix of the one nor the connecting villus of the other
This group almost deserves to be separated from Aira and
more nearly approaches to Köeleria but from the habit of
wh [which] they are perfectly estranged. Pray of what genus is
Poa nervata? It is more of a Briza but the multinerve
glumes present a structure equally foreign to either one
or the other. There is certainly no Briza hitherto discovered 
in America. Can you show me Briza canadensis
I believe I possess it, but wish your opinion. What
are the characters of Megastachya different from the section 
I called Brizoma. The [added: dioicous] Poa of wh [which] I gave you specimens
and wh [which] I call P. capitata [Poa capitata] I find to be perfectly distinct from P. reptans [Poa reptans]
of this vicinity and Michaux's figure. But I will trouble you with no
more queries at present, so fare well.

Thos Nuttall

        