
          of South Carolina, many new & interesting plants 
I can hardly doubt. In my collections confined 
pretty nearly to this locality & not extending  
a period of 5 years, I have between 40 & 50 species 
not described in Ell. Sk. [Elliott's A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia] & a very large proportion 
of these among the Cyperaceae. I found a few 
specimens of Psilocarya rhynchosporoides, two or three 
years since, but have not met with it since. 
This is probably the extreme Northern limit at which 
it has been seen. Our swamps & flat pine 
woods furnish an abundant harvest among [crossed out: Cyper] 
the Cyperaceae, whilst the great diversity of our soils 
from the Pine barrens to the rich alluvial river swamps 
gives a wide range to the Flora. I have from 
this locality something over 1100 species of Phanerogams.

Hoping you may find something of interest to 
you in my parcel.

I am very respectfully 
HW Ravenel

In opening the box, be careful [crossed out: that] or the labels may be 
displaced. I omitted to enclose the loose sheets in a proper 
envelope until it was too late.
        