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graphed and thus made available for comparative studies in this 

 country. 



In view of this situation, 3»Ir. E. P. Killip, of the division of 

 plants, U. S. National Museum, went to Europe in the summer of 

 1925, taking with him some 500 specimens of South American plants. 

 Among the groups which it was planned to study were Passiflora, 

 Pilca, Bomarea, Valeriana, Cordia, Tournefortia, Begonia, and 

 Sanrauja. As it would not be possible in the short time at his disposal 



i-iG. 58. — Botany and Geology Building, Jardin des Planles, Paris. In 

 this building are contained the extensive botanical collections of the Museum 

 d' Histoire Naturelle. 



to study all these groups with thoroughness, Mr. Killip planned to 

 concentrate his studies upon a few genera, and to name by com- 

 parison as many specimens of the other groups as possible. 



The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, at Paris, was first visited. Here 

 are deposited the Humboldt herbarium, containing the types of a 

 very great number of Andean plants, the Jussieu herbarium, and the 

 Lamarck herbarium, to mention only a few of the collections of 

 interest to the student of South American botany. These special col- 

 lections are segregated from the general herbarium, and are in an 

 excellent state of preservation. In the general herbarium are the 

 Funck and Schlim, the Goudot, and the Triana plants from Colombia, 

 the Ruiz and Pavon plants from Peru, Glaziou's Brazilian collection, 

 and Richard's from the Guianas. Special interest attaches to the 

 specimens of the Nettle family, for here Weddell conducted his criti- 

 cal studies. Ten days were spent in Paris, and about 85 specimens 

 were photographed. 



