November 19, 1931. 



IjfeiBorandmn for Mr. Coville: 



When we won:fc over Mr. Pit tier's paper, "A Centiiry of Panama 

 Trees," you asked me to prepare a memorandum for you of scientific 

 names th^t reight have to be altered. I have compared "r. Pittier's 

 paper with St ndley's "Florr. of the F^-nana Cr.nal Zone." Of coxirae 

 Wr. Plttler included a number of species from parts of Panama other 

 than the Zone which are not found in 5>tandley'3 work, but in these 

 Instances I think the names used by Vr, Fittior are all correct. 

 I append a list, in duplic».'oe, of rUfferences between the two papers, 

 in which are Inserted a few of ray own comnents. 



There are a few nattera in which I woiild like advice from you 

 before narking the paper: 



1. I asstune thrat ne will use araall let ers for species names 

 throughout . 



2. Fittier has sjrnonyms placed in footnotes. Would it lie better 

 to put them immediata^ following the valid name'' 



3. Do you prefer to have local names in italics or in ouotes; 

 capitalized or nof 



4. I believe we decided to eliminate Pittier's coraaon name where 

 it is nerely a translation of the Latin. I pros-'me therefore that 

 where his transiatsiJ naae accurs in the text it would be best to sub- 

 stitute the fall Latin nana. 



Eespectfully, 



