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List continued

Festuca tenella
pratensis? [Festuca pratensis]
wild here
nutans [Festuca nutans]
diandra [Festuca diandra]

Koeleria pennsylvanica
truncata [Koeleria truncata]
nitida [Koeleria nitida]
etc.
Bromus secalinus
in woods
purgans [Bromus purgans]
pubescens [Bromus pubescens]

Poa brevifolia ?
pratensis [Poa pratensis]
parviflora [Poa parviflora]
compressa [Poa compressa]
capillaris [Poa capillaris]
hirsuta [Poa hirsuta[
pectinaea [Poa pectinaea]
reptans [Poa reptans]
eragrostis [Poa eragrostis]
very large

Glyceria fluitans
Uniola latifolia
Melica speciosa
Atheropogon papillosus
Beardstown

Eleusine indica
Hordeum jubatum
pusillum [Hordeum pusillum]
Warsaw

Elymus virginicus
canadensis [Elymus canadensis]
villosus [Elymus villosus]
hystrix [Elymus hystrix]

Spartina cynosuroides
Andropogon farcatus
nutans [Andropogon nutans]
ternarius ? [Andropogon ternarius]

Leersia virginica
[crossed out: ?]
lenticularis [Leersia lenticularis]

Vilfa heterolepis
Stipa juncea
Lepturus paniculatus

Equisetum arvense
lavigatum Braun [Equisetum levigatum]

Aspidium aerostichoides
fragile [Aspidium fragile]
dilitatum W ? [Aspidium dilitatum]

Woodsia rufidula BK-?
[added: Pike co] 
Asplenium rhizophyllum

Pteris atropurpurea
Pike Co
aquilina ? [Pteris aquilina]

Adriantum pedatum
Onoclea sensibilis
Osmunda interrupta
Botrychium virginianum

Mosses not many, very few
nor lichens

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I have collected some more Herpestis it is still in
flower. separated the capsules & I find a
partition. many seeds - It disagrees with the
generic description thus, no bracts, unless
you call the 2 broad exterior leaves & bracts
one of which is cleft more than 1/2 down 
by calling these bracts 3 calyx leaves, these
with 2 narrow interior leaves, you
can make out 5 calyx leaves -

I have not sent many specimens to any one, except
to such as agreed to send me an equivalent
by way of exchange - some have not yet made
me any return tho' they have promised as
to do, It is now by means of the many specimens
of different species of plants, for comparison that I am
now enabled to detect the rare & small
plants. To those who have made speedy returns
I have exerted myself to send them more 
Mr. Holton was preaching in Pike Co. but has just
left & gone to the Institute at Quincy to engage
in teaching there - he has been sick
lately. I have written this letter by peices & wrote the
last remark before I saw I had commenced with them
Any rare plants I would be glad of, that you
choose to send me & for which you want
specimens from this region [?]

The high water & Mormons prevented me
from collecting some plants I intended
to collect this season.

I enclose what I believe to be Agrostis virginica L? [added in pencil: [Vilfa vaginaflora]
having never seen an authentic specimen, if not right
please correct - also a species of Herpestis
with capsules on it.

Yours truly

S B Mead

P.S. Any thing for me, left at corner of Cherry and
James Strs. N. Y. in care of Wm A. Mead
will come safe to me after a while
        