
          that I enclose at the request of Doctr. Pond it is a very common one, but he seems
difficult to satisfy, tho I confess that I may not be correct in my opinion, and
should be glad to get yours.

With much respect
I remain Yours
Hugh M. Neisler

{Doctr. John Torrey
New York}

P.S. I have always regarded this grass as the one described by Elliot
as Agrostis Indica, or as later authors would call it Sporobolus
Indicus, tho I must confess that from the minuteness of the thing and
more than that, my want of skill in anipulation I have yet been unable 
to make out that the grain lies loos in a utricle.

H.M.N.
        