were worse than yard for I had to work so gingerly to avoid 

 knocking off the spikelets. I found a lovely little vine 

 Lithachne,very unlike the two species known for that genus. 

 Tne staminate culms were erect ar nearly so in little tufts 

 with spreading almost deltoid blades; and to each staminate 

 tuft Ws one or two very long slender pistilate culms creeping 

 close to earth under other vegetation, with a single spikelet 

 to an inflorescence — about two or three of these axillary in- 

 florescences to a culm a meter or more long. I knew that was 

 a new species when I saw it and wrote up its description on the 

 spot. Most of my thrills, however, came from finding rare or 

 supposedly rare species. Some rare ones were common. My 

 collections have just come from the mounter and yesterday I 

 began sorting them. 



With thanks for Prof. Eckel's gift and with best 



wishes, 



Yours sincerely, 



