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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



I. P. LANGLEY, Secretary 



1. BROWN GOODE, Assistant Secretary, 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



€ZMm^/tmp* C . , May 13 , 1897 . 



Mr. Geo. E. Davenport , 



# 67 Valley St., Medford, Mass. 

 My de^r Mr. Davenport : 



I am just sending to the printer some mis- 

 cellaneous descriptions of new species, including Gymno gramme sub- 

 cordata When I saw you last fall you expressed yourself as think- 

 ing as well as hoping, that this species would be quoted as Eaton 

 and Davenport. Why not let me remove all doubt on this point and 

 publish it as Gymno gramme subcordata Eaton & Davenport. 



I expect to leave for western Mexico the latter part ©f this 

 month. 



Yours very truly, 



Assistant Curator, 

 Department of Botany. 



