
          distinct from ours, in spight [spite] of what Willdenow says. 
"Poa near viridis." I had this formerly from Muhlenberg. 
but could not find anything like it, nor did he send 
me any name with it. 
"Poa reptans Michx. [Michaux]."  Very near Poa eragrostis β of Willdenow,
wch. [which] is a most distinct species from real eragrostis, and 
not, as Willdw. [Willdenow] says, a younger plant merely. I call it
elegantissima. Yours is exactly like it in size & habit, 
but the spikes of elegantissima are purple, and the glumes 
less ribbed, or less angular. 
"Cerastium tenuifolium Pursh." I think arvense. Observe 
the deflexed hairs on the stem. Muhlenberg sent me 
a very distinct species, wch. [which] I suppose is his [crossd out: longe?]
longe-pedunculatum [longepedunculatum], a most intolerable name! He 
might have called it C. pedunculare.
"Lonicera villosa." You give "the Prest. [President] of the Linn. Socy. [Linnaean Society]"
much more credit than he deserves, for he is forced 
to plead ignoramus to this plant, nor does Linnaeus 
himself afford any light upon. 
"Prunus pensylvanica." Right, & very acceptable, the 
original specimen from the Upsal [Uppsala] garden, described 
by the elder Linnaeus in the Supplementum Plantarum,
being nearly destroyed by vermin before I had it. Now 
my whole collection is preserved by a solution of 
corrosive sublimate.
"Andromeda ligustrina Muhlg. [Muhlenberg]." Right, certainly Vaccinium
ligustrinum of Linns. [Linnaeus], who never saw the fruit; but it is 
not his Androma. [Andromeda] paniculata, in wch. [which] last point your N. York 
Catgue. [Catalogue] is correct. 
"Epipactis convallarioides." By no means [added: of Schwartz.] Your plant does 
not seem to me difft. [different] from E. cordata, found on our 
northern moors. I have it from both sides of North Amerca. [America]. 
It is however, apparently, Ophrys cordata of Michaux.
        