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{jou siememLe/i no douüt tke -fL/ienck mlllta/iy pky Alclan JL/iom 0 /ilzaüa/i 

 wko In 7 864 and 6 5 vlAlted 7 ekuacan Aeve/ial tlmeA on (Lotanlcal 

 excu/iAlonA , On my pa/it I p/ieAe/ive tke moAt pleaAu/iakle memonleA 

 o/ you/i g/iaclouA ko A pltallty and o/ tke Inte/ieAt you took In 

 my AtudleA , Uken w/iltlng to you today I want to Imp/ieAA upon 

 you my /teco gnltlon o/ you/i pleaAlng accompllAkment In Call^o/inla, 

 In St, And/ieaA and In 7 ekuacan; at tke Aame tlme I would JLlke. 

 to appeal -jto/i you/i co o pe/iatlon and aAk /.o/i Aome InJLo/imatlon 

 wklck I need to complete my AtudleA ojL tke g/iaAAy plantA JL/iom 

 you/i dlAtnlct, 



I plan to puSLllAk In tke cou/iAe o/ tklA yea/i a wo/i/t contalnlng 

 all tke /teAea/ick I kave done In Mexico on Ha plantA wklck a/ie 

 almoAt completely unknown tLy tLunopean SLotanlAtA and wklck I 

 kave. Atudled on a g/iand Acale -£/iom Vena C/tuz to Mexico, San LuIa 

 PotoAl and even to Rio Q/iande del No/ite on tke üankA o£ wklck 

 I waA In 7 8 66 , But among all tke pa/itA o/ Mexico wklck I haue, 

 t/iavelled tk/iougk, nowke/ie kave I /.ound a /ticken, ka/tveAt tkan 

 In tke dlAt/ilct o-fL 7 ekuacan, It Ia p/ilnclpally tke O/iganoA 

 wklck cove/i you/i plalnA and youn mountalnA tkat I kave InteneAted 

 myAel-fL In tecauAe tkey a/ie totally unknoion and you Aea/ick In 

 valn £o/i nameA and deAc/ilptlonA In all (Lotanlcal wo/ikA pudllAked 

 untll tklA day , 



In tke Hook wklck I am going to puüllAk I will tny to ^u/inlAk 

 aA exact a deAcn.lptlon aA po AAldle o/ all tke neu) ApecleA and, 

 IJL tklA will glve you pleaAu/ie, I Akall endeavou/i to Aend you 

 a copy, I kave t/iled to make tke deAcnlptlon aA eomptete aA 

 poAAlüle; Hut In Aplte o/ tke la/ige numüe/i o/ noteA I took ioklle 

 I ivaA tke/ie, tke/ie a/ie Atltt ptenty o-fL koteA and even e/i/io/iA, 



BeaauAe tke majo/ilty o/ tkeAe ApealeA a/ie unknoion to (LotanlAtA 

 tkey kave not y et Aclentl^lc nameA and I kave Heen ^o/iced to 

 daptlze tkem and glve tkem tatin nameA unde/i Loklck tkey iol££ 

 de knoion In tke jtutu/ie In Aclence and mentloned In HookA, I 

 kave taken tke llde/ity to glve you/i name to one oJL tke moAt 

 /tema/ikadte ApecleA o-fL O/iganoA £/iom you/i Au/i/ioundlngA : I kave 

 named It Plloce/ieuA Ho p penAtedtl , It tollt de ve/iy eaAy JLo/i you 

 to dlAcove/i and /ieco gnlze tklA ApecleA üy tke ^oltoiolng 

 InAtnuctlonA toklck I toltl glve to you, {Jou wltl take tke toay 

 to tke vittage o£ Coapan, go tk/iougk It and at tke end you will 

 JLlnd tke /toad to Zapotltlan, Tolloio tklA fioad a couple ofi mlnuteA 

 and a-fLte/i leAA tkan a quasite/i league on tke kill you will Siegln 

 to Aee to tke /ilgkt and to tke lejLt o£ tke /ioad a glant o/iqano 

 wklck tke natlveA call Ca/idon and wklck /teackeA almoAt 7 0 mete/iA 

 In kelgkt; It Ia (Lnancked and ca/i/ileA on tke tlp oJL Ha 1/ianckeA 

 Aometklng llke a llttle kat tawny wool fi/iom tke mlddle o/ 

 wklck /toAe colou/ied ^lowe/iA o/ilglnate. And tkat Ia tke P lloce/ieuA 



