of names of the ferns even riore. At the sane time you could send 

 to me^ll northamerioar ferns for inspecti on, because they are in 

 reed of an exacting probe, nany of then, as e.g. Brychium den sunt , 



vc A 



I-H c honen es f Petjasii A.Greg are completely stränge to ne,,others, 

 of som e Aspidlum species, which at times are designated as A. nolle , 

 at other times as patens , are probablv new species ; A . ar aru tum , 

 Lu^ovici anum are species, which have been repeatedly mixed up. 



ShonlcjL Mr. Eaton dispose of duplicates* of. his v. J 



on the ^.^t^fH« . . . . species, I shair off er hin very good, spe- 

 cific Warden f orms, because I have alnost nothing to off er of spe- 

 cies fron outside Europe. Would the Smithonian Institution and 

 Dr. Flucrel be avai Table for the transport of as nost sui table 

 arragfnger ? 



Finally, I want to thank you and your wife for the heatfciest 

 wishes to ny engagement , adding to this, that Caspary has begun his 

 prof essorship at Königsberg and that both will celebrate this" 

 wedding after the Whitsuntide holidays. You know probably al - 

 ready that the Braun Family has been augmented by a little son. 



,J ith heartiest greetings I renain your nost devote* 



G. Mettenius 



(translated fron German script by Ed fear Benlson, April 1988 ) 



