
          Recd. Nov. 5th.
And. Decr. 25

Cambridge 30 Oct. 1839

Dear sir
I hadt the great happiness of recieving
yesterday that very valuable parcel of plants with which you
have enriched my collection. I am indeed grateful. The Cyperaceae
are specially valuable at this time - as I have been endeavouring
to study all the species that I have found in this region: & these rare
& curious forms strike me with a peculiar interest. 
And the phaenogamous plants - + above all the Schizaea, have
greatly delighted me. The valuable Leguminosae, + Labiatae - the
Goodyera quercicola - + in a word all - are the very gems of my
herbarium. I hope that I shall be able in some degree to [?] your
kindess: though discoveries + novelties in this region do not come along
every-day. Plymouth however must still contain undeveloped treas-
ures - & I hope another season will enable me to gather something
new to this Flora. The last two seasons have been crowned with
such signal success - that I cannot but think and the will not
be profitless. Be assured I shall not forget my obligations to you.
The Van Diamen's Land Lichens I am also much pleased to see. Some
forms strike me as very similar to, + probably identical with, ours. Others
have a new aspect. I shall examine them carefully. 
I am also very greatly indebted for your valuable present of
        