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St. Stephen's June 14th 1812

Dear Sir,

You may perceive I don't stand upon etiquette
for tho' I have recd. no reply to my last I again address you,
not that I have any thing important to communicate
but because I am at leisure this evening & may not be
so again for months.

Since my last I paid a professional
visit to Clarendon but as my stay was very short, & my
time much employed by the object of my visit I
made but limited researches.

Kalmia angustifolia I found growing plentifully
about the margins of the boggy rivulets running thro' the
sand hills about 50 miles N. of this place & 3 miles east of
the Santee river swamp. It was in bloom on the 18th of May &
had been so since the last of April. W.C. Richardson who
bestows much pains on the culture of our indigenous orna-
mental shrubs & plants, assured me that the K. latifolia
grows abundantly on the high bluff lands just below Man
=chester. I know it grows plentifully on the Sampit just
above Georgetown. W. Richardson confidently asserted
that in the same situation with the K. latifol. there grows
tho' thinly a "larger species of Kalmia" bearing pink flow-
ers. I suspect this to be a Rhododendron.
K. cuneata grows abundantly on high ground in "large
bays" in the middle grounds between Santee & Black
river whence the Sampit takes it rise —

In Clarendon I saw for the first time in my
life the Allium mutabile of Michaux. It is to be found in
all the rich low lands from Nelson's ferry to Jack's creek.
Michaux's description of it is extremely good.

Verbascum claytoni? I met with also. It was
in bloom on the 18th of May. It grew near habitations &
had the appearance of an adrena. Being on horse
back I brought but a poor specimen along.

Lysimachia hybrida I found in bloom on
the 1st of June in the rich swamps which are the sources
of Cooper river. I have since seen it in Santee swamp.
Its favorite soil is not often inundated nor miry.

Lythrum lineare bloomed about the 10th inst.
I have only seen this species which is hexandrous & should
have been puzzled to have made it out in Michaux
who classes it 12dria, had Walter not classed it 6andria.