chance to stake, nut our claimj on Rapa. 



(I keep finding odd monocot* pollen grains and must £*\> ruorc comparative 



a. 



mater ijt as 5oon as possible. T need Zingiberaceae(one may be a J urcun a), Ta~caeeae 

 (I haw twc, but reed more) , Corrixellnaceae and ^usaceae. . . . ^Mariefoal ian 1 1 toe 

 rood at sending samples at Resent, but Eddie ^ryan wouldtft help, he says, lie might 

 n6dk out A few scarps and send ther* along with you. All he has sent so far kas 

 teen moat useful. Annetta -*rt*r(B*->celey ) has also sent pollen of 13 spp# 



Unfortunately most of her &apa material — whiab seens to be extensive-- has no 

 pollen. 



Can you Ret any samples of flowers of ^alanophora 'i Bda may be important. 

 A ny 3 alanophoaa — tha *nore the better.. I have E. fungo3a , but must check that as I 

 believe Croizat lists a different species for ftapa. 



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The Rubiaceae may be important: I to ink that family should b- treated 

 mono<n?a:;hicallyCfor pollen types),.. 



The total of species for ftapa is still net high, 30 ton 1 1 let m 

 raise your hopeB too ruoh. This is odd, somehow, as aome delicate grains are marvell- 

 ously well-preserved. Bailey did not agree that «y tracheids were from an Arai-carian: 

 I have lost faith in identifiying this family from wood elements, anyway: most of the 

 literature is conflicting.... 



The conifer pollen remains, but i* now more difficult to handle. You 

 will see what I have done about it in the R ature article: I did not attempt to hang 

 the whole story on it, as I had doped to do . The title now is(if ap: roved by Nature)*- 

 "RAPA NSGLEGTA : A Thimbleful of Continental ity". The previous one was " A Rapa 

 Conifer^: Contaminant, endemic, or Gift of the *est Wind Drift?" We may still use 

 that title /Tell we at once if you appaniixgl prefer the second title. 



My guests are overdue, so this letter has gc*wn longer. 



Beat wishes, j 



P.S. If you send a cable you can use our Tucson Tel. number: East 6. 9607 . That helps 

 get it to use quickly* Address it to n&e as MRS. VAISCl SHITtC / 



