£-- W. D. 



will ask Prof. Hitchcock to compare you* specimens with that 

 and give you his opinion. 



In the package I am returning you will find an additional 

 species of Panicum, the rare P. calliphyllum. When Mr. Herriot 

 learned how rare is the species he sent for naming, he kindly 

 sent a few additional specimens. Will you kindly give one to 

 the Gray Herbarium, and accept apologies for giving it the 

 better specimen? 



Very truly yours, 



Assistant in Systematic Agrostology. 



