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Engelmann, George Nov. 1852 article draft [1] (seq. 548)
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Engelmann, George Nov. 1852 article draft [1] (seq. 548)

1) 100 Extra copies uncut Further notes on Cereus giganteus of Southeastern California and a short account of another allied species in Sonora. by Dr George Engelmann of St Louis, Missouri.

Specimens of flowers and fruit, together with interesting notes and drawings communicated by Mr George Thurber, and specimens of ribs of the plant with spines presented by Dr Parry enable me to perfect the history of this giant Cactus.* Mr Thurber travelled through the Gila country and Sonora as one with Mr Commissioner Bartlett's party in the summer of 1851, and is believed to be the only scientific gentleman, who has seen the plant in question in flower.

*) see this Journal. new series vol xiv pag Nov 1852

Cereus giganteus, Engelm.erectus, elatus, simplex s. parce ramosus ramis paucis erectis candelabriformis caule cyindrico versus apicem sensim attenuato brevioribus candelabriformis; vertice applanato tomentoso; costis ad basin caulis sub-12 versus apicem 18-20 rectis obtusis (vetustioribus ad caulis basin obtusissimis) subrepandis; simbus ad basin caulis latissimis, versus apicem profundis angustioribus angustissimisque; areolis prominentibus ovato-orbiculatis juniroibus albido-tomentosis; aculeis rectis basi valde bulbosis terniter sulcatis angulatisque albides = demum cinereis, radialibus 12-16 imo summisque brevioribus, lateralibus (praecipue inferioribus) longioribus robustioribus, subinde cum aculeis adventitus paucis setaceis rummo areolae margini adjectis; aculeis centralibus 6 robustis albidis basi nigris apice rubellis demum totis cinereis, 4 inferioribus decussatis quorum infimis longissimus robustissimus deflexus, 2 superioribus lateralibus brevioribus, floribus versus apicem caulis ramorumque sparsis, tubo ampliato breviusculo petalisque patulis campanulatis; ovario ovato sepalis 25-30 squamiformibus triangulatis acutis = in axilla fulvo-villosis stipato; sepalis tubi sub-30 orbiculato-subtriangularibus mucronatis, inferioribus in axilla lanigeris, superioribus nudis, sepalis intimis 10-15 petalis sub-25 obovato-spathulatis obtusis integris crispatis coriaceo-carnosis crassis (flavescenti-albidis); staminibus numerosissimis, filamentis superiori tubi parte adnatis (inferiore nudo); stylo stamina paulo superante, stigmate multifido;

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Engelmann, George Nov. 1852 article draft [2] (seq. 549)
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2. bacca obovata squamis sepaloideis triangularibus camosis minutis ad axillam fulvo-lanatis stipata, pericarpio duriuscula carnoso, demun valvis 3-4 patentibus reflexisve dehiscente; seminibus numerosissimis in pulpa saccharina nidulantibus oblique obovatis laevibus lucidis ex albuminosis; embryone cotyledonibus foliaceis incumbentibus hamato.

This species ranges from north of the Gila river southwardly into Sonora, to within 20 miles of Guaymas on the California Gulf. It doubtless also occurs in the Peninsula of California where according to Vanegas who in his history, published about 100 years ago, states that the fruit of a great Cactus forms an important article of food to the natives of the eastern coast and that the harvest time was a season of great festivity. — The flowers are prodused in Ma and June, and the fruit ripens in July and August. Mr Thurber collected the last flowers and the first ripe fruit in the first days beginning of July. He has collected abundance of seed and will be pleased to communicate it to those who take and interest in the cultivation of Cacti.

The youngest plants Mr Thurber noticed were 3 or 4 feet high with narrow furrows and long spines; the smallest flowering plants were about 12 feet high and the tallest specimens observed appeared to reach the elevation 45 or 50 feet.

The ligneous fascicles correspond with the intervals between the ribs and not with the ribs themselves, of which as Dr Parry has fully satisfied himself and which indeed is the case in all ribbed Cacti. From between these bundles ligneous fibres radiate horizontally towards the ribs and especially to the areolae.

At the base of the stem the ribs are broad and obtuse with wide broad and shallow intervals; upwards the ribs are somewhat triangular, rounded or obtuse with deep acutish grooves between them; towards the top of the plant the ribs are equally obtuse but quite compressed and the grooves deep and narrow.

The elevated areolae are 17 ines long, nearly 6 in diameter, about an 1 inch distant from one another, sometimes more nearly closely aproximated.

Lowest and upper radial spines 6-12 lines long, sometimes the upper ones with a few additional shorter flexuous setaceous spines; lateral ones 12-18 l. long, the lower ones longest; the 4 lower central spines decussate straight or very slightly curved downwards 20-30 lines long; the 2 upper central spines 15-18 lines long. The stoutest

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Engelmann, George Sept. 1, 1852 [3] (seq. 547)
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which in plants of such slow growth as the Cacti, is disagreeable. He hardly ever knows which is which. —

About Greggs Menodora I can have no doubt; the seeds and Calyx are decisive and can not be altered however stunted or altered the plant may be — but Greggs plant is said to be 2-3 feet high, and not crippled. — No. 44 is a small scrubby thing and very different from 527 and may be the old Humboltian plant. I dont see any thing to change my views.

I have written for the new vol of {DeCandolle} but have not seen it yet. —

Is that Datura meteloides perennial? Mine will not flower this year. — Among other things I have in flower Cuscuta what I take to be umbellata from El Paso an Portulaca — very rich — and a californica to an new Euphorbia stipulata. —

Nothing more about Fendlers Plants from England? Names or Sales?

I was looking for a few flowers of the Styrax platanifolia n.sp. which I thought I had, but can not find them. I have wood of the plant and fruit and leaves in last falls coll. of Lindheimer next winter, and then distribute his collections of the last 3 years. —

Wright hs brought about 8 Echinocacti, 12 {Mammillaria} 12 Cerei 10 Opuntia, 42 spec; half of them new. i.e. not described, some of these received before. Cereus greggii is a queer thing with its big turnip shaped roots.

Write soon again and I shalll try to be a better correspondent than I have lately been

Yours ever George Engelmann

I shall send a short notice of Cactaceae to Silliman direct.

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Engelmann, George Dec. 14, 1842 [2] (seq. 71)
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I will send you some plants in some journal, and among others a few more branches of this Aster. I doubt wether I can get a root, if I can, you shall have one. To you as botanical gardener or gardening botanist it will be interesting to learn that amongst Lindheimers plants was a bulbus plant, where though the bulbs were cut in halves, I found a little young bulb living, planted it, and it grows! Seeds I have not yet got from him. This bulb is perhaps a new genus, like amaryllis but with a very long tube of corolla; like Crinum but smaller, and one flowered; however we shall see when it grows. As I have the roots there I sent you drawings of these Texas Asters; one is a Tripolium, perhaps T. linifolium but longer ligales, larger leaves grows in brackish swamps — I have only one flowering head, as you see = the drawing. — The other is an Aster, belonging to concinnus, near virgatus; which I have called vernalis collected end of March on moist praries near Houston; of this I include a head, and shall send you a specimen.— I am afraid to trust to the Mississippi any valuable plants; a few weeks ago I lost 2 parcels for Mssrs Carpenter and Riddell.— May not Hookers {Cuscuta} cononata from New Orleans be our L. aspressa? also on a Laurus!

Aster heterogenus, or the name of A. anomalus would be preferable? I leave you the choice; petioles not margined, (only on the large specimens on the upper leaves somewhat;) but dilated at base.

Aster ramosissimus — scoparius would be a better name, or is junceus preoccupied? a singular plant of saline prairies near the Galveston bay. I send you a drawing and a few branches. I have only a single flowering head; ovaries glabrous! —

The Cuscuta which you sent me a year ago belong all to vulgivaga except the one on Saurauia and the Pelagona; those for Mr Carey also; only one is vermosa.

I shall look through my Compositae and take notes for you; that I may trouble you with another long letter soon.

I include my additions to Cuscuta, and wish you may have it published. I think it better to wait not longer; many obsesrvations and remarks, [loss]ish have nothing to do with the identification of the species [loss] have left out; the drawings at the bottom are for you; please [loss] the off, and just them away in your copy of the paper.

I think Aster is an easier genus than Vernonia. I am nearly satisfied [loss] all our Vernonias: noveboracensis, praealta, baldwinii, arkansana & [loss?] altissima are one and the same! I shall send you forms between Arkansas & [loss]lta; collected with the first one. From fastigiata to praealta we see all the [loss]itions as we advance from wet prairies and rather swampy places to dry land; altissma is the form in shady rich woods, arkansana on sandy riverbanks, baldwinii dry, barren sunny hilly country, and praealta everywhere! I see nothing to add at present and close.

Truly yours G. Engelmann

Would you advise to change Lepidanche adpressa to Choisy's name: Lepidanche compacta? Perhaps it would be better but the same would be much more appropriate for the other species! However if you say so, please to get those which I have not, [loss], spectabilis, gracilis, undulatus, greenii, laxus, praealtus, elodes, [loss]tium acuminatum , nemoralis, unifolius, perhaps Mr Carey would furnish them.

Notes on Aster. Aster macrophyllus collected by me on Manitou Island, and in Michigan. My specimens os A. corymbosus for Mr Lapham are nothing but this plant, grown in shade, with the inner leaves A. paludosus Texas, Galveston, Lindheim. a very rigid plant, totally different from a plant which Mr Curtis sent me lubellum A. paludosus? which is perhaps A. surculosus. A. phyllolepis Texas Lindheimer A. phyllolepis β. argyrolepis collected by me on the prairie of southwest Arkanasas, a stouter plant, with considerably large heads, old leaves not smooth but scabrous above, and canescent and scales canescently pubescent, scabrous when old A. ramosissimus might be called an Aster collected near the coast by Mr Lindenheimer, apparently similar to A. scoparius Dec, which name would be very appropriate too. perrenial, lowest cauline leaves lanceolate, firm, very scabrous; leaves of the numerous virgate branches small, linear lanceolate, adpressed involucrum leaves acute, lanceolate adpressed Acheni glabr. belongs to concinni ? very near azureus!; perhaps near brachyphylli also! A. patens Texas — I have never seen the form phlogifolius A. laevis common here in all forms A. virgatis Ell? fron Texas, Lindheim but achenia pubescent, inflorescence racemose A. vernalis n.sp. Texas, Lindheim, near virgatus & [granulatum?] apparently, ovary slightly pubescent! A. turbinellus common here in open grass woods, dry hilly soil. A. azureus common in all sizes and shapes; our most common species in prairies and open woods, and every where on road sides etc. Small and large 6 inches to 3 feet nearly smooth (except the scabrous leaves) to rough hairy; flowers larger & smaller; our earliest Aster, end of July to Octob. A. zureus β vernus, Texas Lindheim. March and April together with A. vernalis: lower leaves entire, [arcuate?] or subcordate at base, lanceolate elongate; scale of involucre ramouses, linear lanceolate, acute or acuminate. A. undulatus never seen! is yours: throughout the United States correct? A. cordifolius, glabrous, stem weak, leaves membraneous, heads very small, flower pale blue or white — together with another form with stouter stem, pubescent firmer, leaves less largely toothed, inflores. an — more compact heads. little larger, flowers blue; I can find no other difference. A. sagittifolius — what I take to be the true sagittifolius is a plant 2—4 feet strict, few branches if any, smooth, few lowest leaves only cordate, most cauline ones [drawing] of this shape; panicle contracted, thyroid flowers white growing in dry open woods margin of thicket involucrum scales loose. — But there is another plant appare[loss] quite different and if I am not much mistaken, the Durmmondi of St Lou[is] which can hardly be any thing but a variety of sagittifolius, or a n[ew] species between {sagittifolius}: H & Drumnondi. — Involucre the same, loose etc flowers blue — whole stem & leaves pubescent, lower surface somati[loss] canescently tomentose; always soft, leaves larger wider and cauline ones more cordate; but Acheni moist shady places. A. drummondi! Texas; not yet seen here; Involucre not as loose as the last, smaller heads short peduncled, racemose, but not so crowded, leaves still more cord [loss] smaller. A. ericoides rare here, even on the richest black soil of a low Prairie with Helianthus rigidus. A. multiflorus common A. dumosus — A. Tradescanti here A. miser — all varieties which certainly are only varieties! A. simplex well-defined rather common, nearly always perfectly smooth or with [loss] in lines; 2 remarkable varieties. 1) is very near A. carneus; only by th[loss] shorter pappus and pubescent Achenia distinguished, same habitus etc. rich shady banks of a slow stream; 2) muddy banks of the same stream loss] with flowerheads larger, long peduncle, few, scales large, foliate [loss]

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Engelmann, George Dec. 14, 1842 [3] (seq. 72)
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Aster tenuifolius well characterized by the bellshaped involucrum, common in many forms, but never smooth, always rough hairy; in the prairies 1-2 feet high, leaves wide; in corners of [fences?] 4-5 feet high, leaves very narrow etc. — Achenia pubescent; A. carneus common; a beautiful species. Achenia glabriuscula A. oblongifolius; brinks of precipices on the Mississippi; Prairies; here always graveolens! A. novae angliae A. heterogenus Aster nemoralis. my garden specimens are certainly a Galatella, and [congenus?] and very near Galatella hyssopifolia; but they may be some other species; I have never found it spontaneous A. [pharnaceoides?] not here, but in prairies in North Illinois very common, already 50 or 100 miles from here. Aster angustus; does not s specimen in Nicollets collection make 45 belong here? A. divaricatus. Sandy banks of Arkansas river A. linifolius 2 figured on the other sheet, Texas

Double 50 Pof. Asa Gray [postmark] St LOUIS DEC 14 Mo. Cambridge Massachusetts

[Lia]tris mucronata Dec — certainly the true form with abruptly acumminate scales, and very long spike. I have from Texas & Louisianna; but my lanceolate, which I have sent you is perhaps the same which you mention as your specimen from Dr Hale & Drummond Liatris lanceolate, glabra, radice tuberosa, multicipite, caule folioso, foliis linearibus basi dilatatis, semiamplexicaulibus, apice callosis obtusiusculus, punoticulatis; species densis brevibus capitulis subsessilibus adpressis, 4-5 floris, squamis parvis adpresses (sub-octonis) purpureis eciliatis lanceolatis acuminatis, subulatis pappo brevioribus; exterioribus brevisisimis acheniis glabriusculis pappus plumosum aequantibus — Sandy wet Prairies, Houston April & Mai Different from L. mucronata by the short spike, larger heads (5-7 [lines?] long) [lanecoluta?] scales much larger, smooth or a little scabrous achenia which is not shorter than the pappus but equal to it; also by the [di?] cuticle of the base of leaves which is only on the lowest leaves of L. mucronata; by the callous rather obtuse tip; leaves of L. mucronata are very acute — [token?] of flowering. Probably by far the earliest flowering Liatris!

[loss] work out the Asclepiadaceae now! I wish you would send [?] or [loss] [cortheum?] bark, which I [contr?] to you; I have several splendid Texas only

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Engelmann, George Jan. 18, 1843 [insert] (seq. 73)
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Two new genera of Texan plants discovered by F. {Ferdinand Jacob} Lindenheimer and G. Engelmann, M.D. [51?]

Lindheimeria calyx inferus unceolatus, 5 dentatus, lana densa vestitus, persistens! corolla infern, tubulosa, 5 dentata, scariosa, persistens; antheme uniloculares sessiles in favre corollae, at alernantes cum lobis; ovarium supenum 1 ovulatum styles imus, stigma capitature; only & fructis ferus indumtus, compressus, marginibus spinoso — cristatis, latere altero basi 1-spinosus, altero 2 spinosus, totus lana densa vesitus. Utriculus membranacous, indehiscens, 1 spermus; semen fumiculo longo capillaceo e fundo capsulae onto instructum et ex ejus apice recurvo pendulum. Embryo cylandricus circum albumen farinaceum incurvus, peripherious redicula ad hilum versa.

Genus Scleranthaceis maxime affine et a Guillelminia solummodo corolla monopelala dislinctum.

Herba texana annua, erecta, lanuginosa, foliis oppositis, exstipulatis, floribus spicatis spiris intermptis, ramosis integris Genus amicissimo f. Lindheimer, percontatori florae texanae dilligentissimo dictatum.

L. texana foliis lanceolatis, inferioribus in petioleum, attenuatis, superioribus sessilibus, supra viridibus scabridis, subtus albo-lanuginosis Plant of the habit of Agrostemma coronaria; about 15 or 20 inches high; flowers small, densely spiked in interrupted in dense clusters, forming an interrupted spike; corolla yellowish, anthers bright red; grows in small groups in sandy places near Houston Texas; flowers in September and October.

Crinidium spaths bifida unifloral, Cooperia, pengonium superum longe tubulosum, limbi subsessiles; stylus exsertus; stigma 3 lobum; capsula infera 3 valvis, 3 lovularis, semina plura disticha, imbircata (4-8 in loculis singulis)!

Genus Crino affine, spathi uniflora tubo elongato et antheris sessilibus diversum. Nomen ex affinitate Crinii.

Herb bublosa texana. Crinidium Crinidium antumnale foliis linearibus, scapo brevioribus tubo floris elongato (4-6 pollirari), laciniis limbi ovato — lanceolatis exterioribus mucronatis (polliraribus) capsula depressa.

Grows in dry prairies near Houston Texas (F. Lindheimer) In flower from August to October.

Leaves 3 to 4 inches long, linear filiform, frequently withered about the time of flowering; scape 4 to 8 inches high and tube of the white flower nearly the same length. It grows on many places between Houston and Galveston, but generally solitary.

[drawing] fruit [drawing] horizontal [drawing] vertical [drawing] seed [drawing] embryo [drawing open corolla Lindheimera E W Oplotheca

[pencil annotation in Asa Gray's hand] | Sent him | Flora vol. 2 pt 2. " 2 copies Vol. 2. part. 3. Returned [Eupatica?].

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Engelmann, George Jan. 18, 1843 [1] (seq. 74)
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Arrvd Feb. 13. St Louis Jan 18th 1843

My dear Doctor

Mr. [Tewes?] will leave here tomorrow and take with him a package of more than 70 seeds, some of them our rarer plants, but the greater part of them from my friend Lindheimer from Texas; included in the parcel is the bulb of new Amaryllis like plant and of a Crinum; this last may be C. americanum, or probably some other species; both from Texas; the first is certianly a new genus, Crinidium, of which below.— Besides this parcel of seeds there is a considerable package of plants, with a few exceptions Compositae, rare or doubtful which, or a few of which may be useful to you. I am afraid I have made the parcel to large already, though I have confined myself to this family alone, but before spring I hope to be able to send to you another larger parcel, with rare plants — Together with the Compositate is a small parcel containing all my Cuscutaceae, 11 species for Hooker; you will oblige me by forwarding them together with a request to send me if possible a specimen or at least a small piece of his American, Californian, Oregon etc, Cuscutae, especially C. arvensis & umbrosa; and if it can be done, a flower or two of the Gronovian, Tamaran, and other specimens of the old herbaira.

Lindheimer is with me at present; and we study his and my specimens, — so that he will be enabled to make more valuable collections yet next season, than he did before. You have seen some of his specimens, and will see more and can judge from them that they are better selected, more complete and better preserved specimens than most of those you may have seen before if I except Mr Geyer's — They are not pressed so tight — crushed to pieces, — like Mr Lapham's nor dried like hay, like Mr Buckley's, — nor only the top of the plants like Mr Brownne's.— Now, as Lindheimer is to devote a few years entirely to the exploration of Texas, and the collection of plants there, and intends to make at least his living by it; he as Geyer is to do the same thing in our western & northern country, I have conceived the idea to offer their collections for sale, by centuriae. We would guarantee the genuineness, the good preservation and careful selection of the specimens, and that only the rarest plants of the western and south western country would be contained in this collection; that therefore only two to four centurieae in one year could be furnished, but that the price could not be under 8 or 10 dollars, furnished in St Louis, or New York; first centuria to be delivered next

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summer or fall; and payment to be made one delivery giving the order for the plants. What do you say to that plan? If you approve of it, and think it feasible, you will do me a favor to publish and advertisement in Sillimans Journal to that effect; and botanists who wish to obtain a collection may apply to you or to me; it would be well to say in the Journal also a few words referring to the advertisement and to publish the same also in England. — I will take care to put it in French and German journals. In that way we would encourage adventurous and ardent botanists, would get a better knowledge of distant and little known countries, and obtain full suits of good specimens therefrom. If such under takings find favour, they might be extended to the mountains and Oregon where Nuttall & Douglas may have done much but certainly not all. Tell me your opinion about it. The price might be put at two £ Sterling less than a [dollar?] it could not well be, for 100 plants. —

I was determined to have called a beautiful and interesting new genus by my friend Lindheimers name, and I believe I have found one now amongst those collected by him last fall. It is rather an anomalous thing, but though it is monopetalous, I can not but most class it near Illecebraceae it is hardly in any way different from the South American Guilleminea except by the monopetalalous corolla! and impossible, I think to divide it from it, and take it from this family Solaenacanthus. You find a specimen — and seeds in the parcels sent now by me. The later description of this and another new genus you find on another page and if it meets with your approval I beg you to send it to Dr Silliman to insert it. If I am not too late, already, I should not like to loose the right to name that plant after my friend. —

Besides these the parcel contains a pretty full suit of Missouri and Texas Vernoniae — only the transition of V. fasciculata and praealta is not there, but full suits may be obtained even more readily than between the other. — Some of the plants are marked: please return; which I wish you to return when you have examined them, as they are only specimens; the others you will please to keep if you like. Perhaps Dr Torrey expects me to write to him about the Cuscutae of his herbaria; I shall do so and send him also a full suit of my specimens together with some others. rare plants. — Our Aster sagittifolius near Drummondii has probably been mistaken for this Texan plant; you will be able to examine [Ivers?] specimens, which I send you.

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not conic at all rather somewhat flattened. fl. in Texas in April & Mai. rays 1 1/4- 1 3/4 inches long. — E. sanguinea is stouter; peduncle long, incrussate, for some distance below the head and considerably so immediately below it; head as large again hemispherical and somewhat conical; fl. near St Louis in Mar & June; rays 2-2 1/2 inches long. Helianthus recurvatus n.sp. similar to H. angustifolius. stem simple or nearly so., leaves narrower, more crowded spreading or recurved, scabrous above and hispid benath. Disc brown not purple; disc fllowers with long exserted anthers (in H. a. anther equal to corolla) tube of corolla smooth (not pubescent) one forth as long as the neck (not one half as long). only tip of segments of corolla purplish — Achenia, pappus, paleae. the same in both.

Solidago microphylla n. sp. caule glabro angulato (plenamque colorato) supra virgatim ramoso; foliis glabris, adpresse serratis, margine et subtus ad nervos ciliato — scabris reticulatis, caculinis inferioribus lanceolatis basi attenuatis, subpetiolatis, acutis superioribus spathulatis obtusicaulis s. acutis, subintegris racemis secundis elongatis virgatim paniculalis squarnis involucri linearibus acutis, viridi nerviis; acheniis pubescentibus fl. disci. 4-6; fl. radii 2-4. — Margin of woods with H. altisssima Houston Texas, Sept. Octob. —

Solidago lindheimeriana caule basi adscendeate folioso, glabro simplios, foliis lineari lanceolatis, mucoronatis, erectis, inerioribus, elongatis basi angustatis, superioribus sensium brevioribus semiamplexicaulibus uninerviis, sparsium venosis, pelluoida reticulatis glabris (subcarnosis) integris, margine scabris; panicula contracta pedicellis longis bracteosis, subsecundis, angulatis, subscabris; capitulis majusculis, squamis linearibus glabris, externis brevibus, laxis; fl. radicalibus 6-10 fl. disci. 11-13 acheniis minutia pubenulis, Barren plains in a high prairie west of Houston; fl June & July.

Similar to S. angustata T & Gr. but distinguished by the ascending stem, folia integra, pedicelli elongati, achenia puberula!

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I dont trouble you at present with my notes on other plants. If you send the short article on the two new genera to Siliman, please to cut off the rough figures, which I have appended. — The parcel from you sent last fall is not yet here but probably on a boat on the Mississippi in the ice or on a sandbar. Mr Poppe will soon send a large quantity of goods here

25 [postmark] St. LOUIS JAN 20 Mo. Dr Asa Gray Cambridge Mass

that will be a good opportunity to sned me somthing; also a copy of 2nd nr. of 2d volume of flora for Lindeheimer, which I bespoke through Dr. Brown; — if you have not yet sent it, please let me have it, and charge me with it.

Write soon Yours entirely G Engelmann

Dr A Gray Cambridge

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