18 West 80th St. New York. 
March 8. 1814 
Dear Collins:- 
The enclosed scrap has come to me for identification. Now 
I'm not passing it along merely to escape the burden. I don't want you to 
fuss over the thing if you cannot nlace it at sight, or if York cannot. 
The Author says "The leaves are comrlanate, but with a series of underloads 
like hepatics, except that these are miner leaves. The leaves consist or 
too layers of cells, that are very dissimilar. The cells of the upper sid 
are rounded with the walls scarcely at all sinuose, Those of the lower side 
are elongated and strongly sinuose. Also the lower side has a great numb© 
of stomata which are largely confined to the first six or eight rows of 
cells on either side of the strong midrib. The cell walls of the midrih 
are also marked with peculiar spiral thickenings. There is a strong mid¬ 
rib . “ 
All this looks strongly like sone form of selaginella to me, but I 
have not a ghost of a book here that will place any Plant save brvophvtes. 
Certainly it is not one of those. Should you be able to name the thing 
readily, I shall be thankful. If, as I susoecf, it is too much of a scrap, 
just drop it into an envelope and return, and I'll understand. 
No news, since I last pestered you. 
Sincerely 
I wouldn’t aks you to bother any more than I'd bother myself, save that 
the sender has evidently placed a great deal of study on the thing, and 
is sorely puzzled. ITe also renewed his membership at my reauest, after 
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giving it up, just to help out, and you know the spying about scratching 
my back, &c 
