Engelmann, George Aug. 23, 1841 [2] (seq. 14)

lines from me through Mr Kimm; if not please to
enquire at Mr E Poppe's Pearl street No. 92. He will
charge himself with any thing which you may have
to send to me. Please to give him all
the numbers of your work, for me, and get
the payment ($7.50?) from him. I wish to
send it to a friend in Texas: give him a bound
copy if you have got one. You will oblige
me if you will let me know what families
you have before you; I will then look through
mine, and always let you know, what to me
appears to be new, doubtful or interesting —
though I have no doubt, that most of it is
not new to you.

Only one thing now — Yesterday I examined a
plant common here, it is Croton ellipticus Nutt
and accords to Mich. herbarium it is his. Cr. mon-
anthogynus, which therefore can not be a variety
of Cr. maritimus. But it is no Croton properly speaking.
male flower : calyx 3 part. petal 3. Stam 3, 5 and 6
female flower : cal. 4-5 part. 2 carpella, 2 styles, 4 stigmata
capsule 4 valves 1 seeded! Missouri; Illinois

and Arkansas — Tennessee (Michaux? — Croton
elliptica is an older name given by Vahl to a Java
plant. —

Is our very common plant, which I always
considered Polygonum punctatum Elliott different from
P. hydropiper? — Is the Polygonum mite Pers which
grows only on muddy banks of our large lakes
with Alisma rostratum (This has always 9 or 10 stamens)
the same as the german P. mite Schrank —
Is there no difference between the european lapathifol.
and the large plant that grows in abundance in
our cornfields — the habits is very different,
leaves long lanceolate etc — I shall examine
one family after another, as you get to them
therefore let me know this. I wrote you with
the plants some few notices; amongst the number about
our Myosotis, the only one which we have here
it is certainly different from all the german ones
of which I have a complete set. It may be
called M. deflexa, and grows here as well
as — Texas, whether East?

More as soon as I hear from you
truly yours
G. Engelmann

Dr A Gray
New York