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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



DIVISION OF BOTANY, 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 



April 23,1895. 



Mr. George E. Davenport, 



Medio rd, Massachusetts: 



I send you to-day 8 specimens of Mex- 



ican ferns collected by Mr . E.W. Nelson. I am in no particular hur- 

 ry for their return. With regard to our type specimens,- we are 



type is the plant from which the description is drawn. We are label- 

 ing as the type, or duplicate type, any plant which is represented in 

 the original description either by number or by date. A plant 

 from the type locality will be typical, but not strictly speaking 

 the type. So I would consider some of your Aspidiums which were 

 collected from the type localities .since they are collected at 

 different dates from those given in descriptions. 



useing the term in a very liberal sense. 



Strictly speaking the 



Yours very truly, 



