
          White Plains 
Sept. 23 / 62

Dr Torrey

Dr [Dear] Sir:

Inclosed please 
find fragments of a species 
of Ranunculus, about which 
I am not satisfied. It 
corresponds in all respects with 
(or rather) in most respects with 
your Pennsylvanicus, but the 
flowers you see are too large!

I am quite busy 
in collecting, tho I am not 
able to work up the locality 
for want of time. I have with
my own hands collected and 
preserved several hundred 
species. This is a prolific 
region. Prof. Chadbourne 
        