
          "Gentiana crinita" Linn. at Wilk. was named in my letters about 1789to g1 to Dr. Cutler
G. fimbriata cor. L. fida, laciniis oficiliatis, but it wasreformed for your fascicolus
to show me this American beauty in her native [?] this MEadow Bluebells. Cutl. in
amer.acad. i L 11.

"Helenium autumnale" L. My specimens are pubescent, some to the naked eye, [?] is
H. pubescens [?] Pursh very [instly?] makes his B. I wish you would find us a better name
for a syngenifious plant! What say yiu Americans who see them all growing to saflexum.
"Panax quinquefolia" L.  is a most acceptable specimen. I hope you willbe able to sow fertile 
seeds  & observe whether the cotyledons are termate as Linnaeus's observation intimates.
"[Ohus?] Toxicodedron" I should rather call Oh. radicans. Perf. ench. i. 325 n. 193, unless you
can support Linnaeus in his Oh. Toxicodendrum adopted from Clayt. a Gron. I should like to
examin [examine] the fruits of Oh. Toxicodendron B & [?] Pursh i 205. The name of R. quercifolium does not
accord with any of my specimens. Mr Nuttall stil [still] thinks them distinct but does not state why.
I hope you will establish the boundaries between them, whether varieties or species. I have never
seen foliola [or?] cordata as in Miller Ph. Toxicodendron. [only?] I wish for the most pubescent.
"Gaultheria hispidula" if you have found the calyx changed into a berry like subflora as in
G. procumbens, should be called scophyllifolia, not only because characteristic but because G.
hispida is the name of the antarctic species. I hope at a future day to be favoured with a [recent?] berry
[?] specimens gathered in [?] garden the caps. was semiinfera. In Michaux's fig. the
fruit is abacca [added: infora] the work I suspect of the draughtsman or engraver.

You have got long ago I doubt not Steudels nomencl. an elaborate work without which 
no botanist can venture to name a plant or look out for a [?]. Dec. prodr. i & Syst. ii. [added: & Trattinnick Synod. bot. pani] reached
open perhaps before me. Hoping that this spring may have brought out your flora I remain with much respect Sir

Yr. obliged & obedt. [obedient] servt. [servant]
Jonathan Stokes

6 July 24
I have  the pleasure to say that Mr. & Mrs. Lupton & their family have enjoyed good
health since their return.

Boston 2 Sept. 1824. Mr. Eliot has just returned
from England, & has the pleasure to forward the above
letter to Dr. Torrey from Dr. Stokes, & takes the 
liberty of requesting Dr. Torrey to inform him if
the books desired by Dr. Stokes have been forwarded
to him. If not, Mr. E. will charge himself with
the commission. If Dr. Torrey has incurred any expense
on account of Dr. S. he will be happy to be permitted
to liquidate it. Mr. E'd address is
Saml. [Samuel] A. Eliot. Boston.

        