
          knowledge advances in spite of the restraints & systematic checks.
Dr. Pickering says that Baldwin herbal has 1000 N. Sp [added:held buried for 20 years] (some South
American however).  Nuttall boasts of 1000 or 2000 New Species brought.
I have 1200 described & figured as New in my flora & Autikon.
And we have not exhausted by four our Botanical treasures.

Your little fascicle altho' containing some I had, affords me a new
Lobelia, and the Centunculus of which existence I doubted.  [crossed out:Lob]
Lobelia boykini is a [crossed out:bad] name in bad taste, two botanists names ought
not to be conjoined.  I suggest instead Lob. [Lobelia] setifolia a very good name.

My flora proceeds very slowly & was even suspended a while for lack
of a compositor that could print Botanical terms!  The labor is great, the
expense heavy in time & money, & I shall meet no thanks for my troubles
after all.  I have concluded to close the Lexicon of monographs very
abruptly, and give instead selected monographs & my N. Genera
& species.  My monographs of Abama, Acalypha, Acmella, Acnida,
Aconitum 10 Sp. Adike, Acorus, etc printed, are equal to any of your
Cyperacea genera.  I shall have 150 such monographs, & thus you will
not say that I must produce something as good before I quarrel with
these Cyperacea, Chaeto- Cyperus! [Ceratocyperus] Cerato-Schenus [Ceratoschoenus] etc.

I am not ignorant of the Glottidium of Dervaux & Decandole; but
it was not adopted in 1817 when I stated the Phaca floridana to be a N.G.
then my genus was not good.  Now Glottidium is !  This is what I call
special idolatry of Jupiter and the Divi Confentes scorning Hercules!

The plants of Boykin & Pitcher,  shall be highly acceptable.  I do not
mean to describe 4 new plants, unless you allow me.  Nay I ask you
to send me your names & characters which will be stated as such.
Remember the Texan plants & florida plants promised, Key West, etc.
Dr. Riddell now in N. Orleans has promised to collect for me next year.
If he goes to Opelouson we shall have Robin's plants, yet doubtful to you.

I am going to prepare a package or Box for you of Plants & Books
which I must trust again to Mr. Shaw, but as this is now a busy
time with you, I may delay a while; but expect something good for
the 1st of March.  I have collected many large specimens last year
and they may go in a Box better than a bundle.

I am glad yr [your] friend Dr. Gray goes to the South Seas: this will be a fine
opening for him,  tell him to keep a journal.  You state nothing about
the scientific survey, how has it proceeded this year, and what share
will you take in it next year.

As usual, your good friend

C.S. Rafinesque

        