
          from end to end. Which remaining after the parenchyma had decayed
in the imperfect specimen which I first examined gave to the
kernel the appearance of being striate or furrowed. The large embryo is 
placed in the midst of the albumen. I have delayed sending specimens
of the Iris which I mentioned, hoping that I waited until the present
season I should be able to send more perfect ones than I now have by me
It will be in flower in the course of two or three weeks. You observed that it
was probably the I. hexagona. It may be. But I did not know how to reconcile
the [scape?] 3 to 6 flowered, flowers axillary, of this plant [crossed out: to] with the "flowers
solitary" of the hexagona as described by Elliot. I have turned through the numbers of the American Journal of the Arts and sciences of the past two
or three years, hoping to find the description of the Darbeya you mentioned
but without success. Could I trouble you for a short description of it as I
may chance at some time to meet it. Can you inform me whether or 
not Dr. Gray's "Cyperaceae & Gramineae of N. America has been
completed, it would assist us considerably no doubt. As I find
much difficul in those plants for the want of books. Elliot
describes but few of them and Eaton's descriptions are so short &
I suspect oftimes so careless and inaccurate that they afford us 
little assistance, I have for the past two seasons been devoting a
portion of the very little time I havefor much persuits [pursuits] to studying
our Compositae, but the want of an index to that portion of
your flora renders it much less available than it otherwise would 
be. I am obliged to you for your kind offer of specimens and
will at some time avail myself of it, as I am confident that
the study of all of our more difficult and extensive genera would
be much facilitated by a few authentic specimens to serve as
starting points.

I am Sir with much respect,
Yours etc.
H.M. Neisler 

        