
          Dr. John Torrey               Philadelphia 7th Nov 1832
New York

My good friend.  Your letter of the 17th Oct was duly
rec'd [received] and to answer your inquiries I must write you a long
letter at my leisure, which I will send by mail if no private
way offers.  You will have rec'd [received] before now N. 3 of Atl. [Atlantic] Journal
where you will find as usual some botanical novelties.  Of the
new & rare plants of Baltimore some will interest you, none are
in your Compendium.  The curious Andromed, are thus labelled
in the herbarium by Duhamel's names.  I do not know yet the
later names if any, but you may ascertain it in Wildeners, etc.

You ask for the plants of Maryland & Central Pennsylv. [Pennsylvania] [crossed out:not in yours] [added:or a list of those]
not recorded as native of N. of Potowmak [Potomac].  I would make a long list of
them, but have not time.  I can however mention some found this
year. 
Lilium pensylvanicum Ker.
Verbena paniculata Lam. Pensylva.
Cacalia reniformis - found E [East] of mts.
Erysimum cheiranthoides of Am Auth. not L. nor Europ.
in Maryland or Anticum creek.  I have compared the Sp with
European one & axcertained that our Am. [American] sp [species] is a peculiar sp.
which I call Erysimum angustifolium, it hs leaves linear bol.
obtuse entire, only 1 to 6 inches high - the Europ. has leaveas lanceodentate
carnate [added:stem] one foot high.  I ave found in June a beautiful N.
Lily - Liliyum biflorum aff. Carol.

I have besides these a dozen new or doubtful sp. of which
you will find the descr. [descriptions] in N 4 of my journal, almost all from the
Alleghany Mts.  Stachys velutina ? Schwartz

Sanguisorba palustris N Sp in Mts. swamps with leaflets
cordate elliptic pectinate seriate - five N Sp only in one swamp
Rudbeckia virgata or brevifolia - N Sp Arenomia asparagoides
Diplogen latifolium N. Sp    Phryma parvifolia N sp ?
Collinsonia montana N Sp    Liatris bractiatus  N. sp?
Verbesina oppositiflora N Sp?    Impatiens a doubtful Sp
Verbena incarnata N Sp & my Verbena fastigiata of 1818
Saururus obliguatus N Sp? leaves pubesc etc
Gerardia sinuata [Gerardia bipinnatifida] & [Gerardia rupestris] & Ger.

Secundiflora 3 N sps Var of [Gerardia quercifolia] & [Gerardia levigata]

But I have beside what I deem a N G & call Ochronelis
sulfurea.  It has the calyx of Rudbeckia, but flat phoranthe as
Helianthus.  Pappus & palia as in some sp of both.  2 unequal membran.
pappus.  palia 1 or 2 toothed laterally.  It must be some
Sp. of Helianthus of some authors.  perhaps the [Helianthus pallidus] or else
the Rudb. [Rudbeckia aristat].  help me to find the synonym, but it is a sure
N. G by cal. on double series & Rays on single row entire!  It is known
        