
          Seeing that there is a poor chance of [crossed out:our] [added:the Amer.] journals reaching the naturalists
of Europe, I have sent lately to Mr De Blainville of Paris, editor
of the Journal de Physique et d'hist-naturelle [Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle] 3 papers for his Journal
1.  On 70 New general of Amer [American] animals principally fishes, shells & mollusks
2.  On 50 New general of Amer [American] plants  3.  Remarks on the works of Pursh
Nuttall, Elliott, Muhlenberg, Bouton, Torrey, etc.

Among the new general are some discovered by Bradbury.  Some which
I have [crossed out:detected] formed with new species Discorium, Leptrina, Cylactis, etc
Some with old species such as
Pythagorea - Lythrum virgatum etc
Polephilia - Monarda ciliata etc
Ratibida - Rudbeckia columnaris
Lepachys - Rudbeckia primata
Isotrema - Aristolochia sipho, etc.
Eatonia [crossed out:purpurascens] - Holcus striatus (6 alloted in 4 or 5 genera!
Districhus - Festuca distichophylla etc
Torreya - Cyperus diandrus & cespritopes!

There are also 3 N G. [new genera] of funguses & 3 of algae
I have sent to Silliman several other papers.  1. On the N sp [new species] of G. Aph[illegible]
from the Western st.  2. On some N.[new] g. [genus] & N. [new] sp [species] of fresh water [crossed out:& land]
shells from New York.  3. On a N. [new] G. [genus] of plant Dasistoma aurea
differing from Gerardia by a rotate corolla & foliaceous unequal calyx,
besides hairy stamen & smooth antheras.  I had previously called it
Gerardia dasistoma.
You speak of Mr Leconte's Sinopris seen in Mst. [manuscript].  Will it be published
& when?  I dont expect much from it except in Southern plants & Elliott
is before him, as Nuttall was for improvements on genera.  He will of 
course hardly think my own discoveries worth mentioning [added: or change my names].  If he does
so [crossed out:I [illegible] to][added:he might desire that I should] give new names to all his new plants & send them
to Europe for publication; [crossed out: that would be serving right such behaviour]
What would Mr. Nuttall say if I should  have done so: he would not blame
me [crossed out:without] for following his own example.  I now & then wish to do
so; but the fear of [crossed out: creati] increasing the present confusion has prevented
me.  [crossed out:but] Yet I may some day overcome that fear, as they have

I am now sending two collections of plants to England & France
each of abt. 300 species.  I will [crossed out:send] [added:collect] you all the rare plants of the West
if you will collect me those of N.Y. which I have not yet.

Believe me always, Your friend
C.S. Rafinesque
        