42 Shepard Street, Cambridge, Mass., 12th June, 1903. 
Dear Mr.' Oollins: 
Thank you sincerely for your kindness in sending the specimens of Lychnis, 
Oerastium, and Anychia.' All the specimens of Cerastium are straight 0. vulga- 
tum. I have a distinct recollection and a memorandum of seeing a specimen of 
0. viscosum (which has smaller flowers and shorter pedicels) in Professor Bai¬ 
ley’s herbarium one Sunday when Mr. Williams and I were down in Providence to¬ 
gether. It is that specimen that I wanted especially to see again in order to 
be quite sure that it was 0. viscosum and not the nearly related 0.' semidecan- 
drum, which has since turned up in Connecticut. My impression is that the speci 
men was collected by Professor Bailey himself. If you can find it without too 
much trouble I should be greatly obliged if you would send it to me for exami¬ 
nation.' If you cannot do not mind or do not spend too much time in searching. 
I ass have already put you to a great deal of trouble in connection with my list 
of Oaryophyllaceae. 
With kindest regards to yourself and Professor Bailey, I am as always, 
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ordially yours, 
Mr. J. F. Oollins. 
