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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



S. p. LANGLEY, Secretary 

 G. BROWN GOODE. issistant Secretary, 

 in charge of TJ. S- National Muse 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



/m^/):?fl^ D . C , , March 13 , 189 7 . 

 Mr. Walter Deane, 



Cambridge, JJass. 

 My dear Deane :- 



Your kind notes of March lOth and 11th are at hand,. 

 I thank you very much for your trouble in looking up the Tiedemannia. 

 All the carpels you send have the thin wings and prominent disk of 

 the typical form. I think I must divide my material with you. 



Dr.Britton has been down for a day this week going over the 

 Umbel liferae with me. I have told him what I thought about Thasp- 

 ium and T am inclined to think that he will knock out T.aureura en- 

 tirely leaving only Ihaspium trifoliatum . I thank you very much 

 for seeing Dr. Robinson about the new genus. I understand from 

 your note that he would not object to the proposed name in any way. 

 The two new Deaneaes are resting quietly on my table. 

 I am expecting Professor Coulter the last of this month when 

 we Shall then put our notes in shape for printing. I hope to have 

 drawings made of both species but I am not yet quite certain that 

 it can be done. 



Yours very tnjly, 

 Assistant Curator, Depart . of Botany. 



