21 Jan 1858 [1] (seq. 648)

New York, Jany. 21st 1858

Dear Doctor —

The little specimen of a Sonora
plant that I proposed sending to Miers
by mail is quite a different thing from
what I supposed it to be. It is the
same as Wright's No. 1666 of which I have
only a very poor speciman with a simple flow-
er. It appears, however, to have a double
ovary & must be Apocyanaceous, but can hard=
ly be an Ansonia. See if you have the
plant in fruit, & let me know where
Wright found it, as well as his name for
the plant &c. The lobes of the corolla
are very broad for an Ansonia =
It may be Echites — but it is all
guess-work without better materials
than I have at present.

Can you spare me your N. Mex.
& Californian oaks? I had not time