
          State & has been traced from Spruce [?],
Huntingdon [Co.] across the Alleghanies as far
west as Boon Mtn., Elk Co., occuring in
situations so remote from dwellings and 
cultivated grounds that I cannot believe
it has been introduced.

Gerardia intermedia, sp. nov. from Presqie
Isle, Erie, where Judge Clinton first collected
it in fruit, Oct 1864. I then took it for a
[low?], strict form of Gerardia purpurea, but the corolla
as exhibited in flowering specimens recently (in 1868 & 1869)
obtained in abundance by Mr. Gerber, clearly
separates it from that species.

Carex smithii, sp. nov., Delaware Co., Penn.
[?] [?] fully supports me in regarding it as
distinct from Carex [hirsuta?], &, if not vetoed by
Dr. [?], it will appear in his article in the 
April. no. of Silliman's Journal.

I endorse also a Clematis from a fine collection
made last summer in Colorado Territory. It
appears to me new, but you can perhaps give it 
a name. Being the only specimen, please return it
with the plants of Miss. Davis.

The coming months of July & August I hope to
spend in botanizing in the Rocky Mtns. &
California. Senator Scott has invited me to
accompany him & travelling by rail will
cost me nothing.
        