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2. That from 28 March 1862 written near the great swamp 



south of Matanzas 



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from the province of Pinar del Rio, where he speaks of having 

 been for ** more than three weeks/' There is still a hiatus of 

 about two months concerning which we can only conjecture. It 

 seems unlikely that this time was spent other than in the Ma- 

 tanzas province. 



3. That from 19 February 1867 to 20 April 1867. At the 

 former date Wright was at Habana making arrangements for a 

 voyage to Trinidad on the south coast, and in the second he was 

 engaged in collecting at Trinidad himself. It w^ould seem that 

 one intermediate letter at least was lost. It is hardly probable 

 from our knowledge of Cuban steamship traffic (which in 1867 

 was surely not an improvement over the present conditions) that 

 Wright stopped for any length of time at any intermediate station. 

 It is highly probable that the greater part of this time was spent 

 at Trinidad and vicinity covering a period of approximately two 

 njonths. The amount of material collected at Trinidad may 

 throw some light on this subject, when w^e know the stations cor- 

 responding to Wright's numbers. It is to be hoped that some 

 one who has access to a collection made by Wright which pos- 

 sesses the original localities for the numbers will supplement this 

 paper by further notes which will establish the type localities of 

 Wright's species. Such an account would be a real contribution to 



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our knowledge of the flora of Cuba. 



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Columbia University. 



