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Missouri Botanical Garden 



"SHaWS GARDEN" 



23 IS TOWER GROVE AVENUE 



ST. LOUIS 10. MISSOURI 

 PRoSffCT S-5S67 



February 9, 1959 



Dr. F. r. Foe berg 

 Pacific Vegetation Project 

 % National Research Council 

 '.Vaahington 25, D. C. 



Dear Rayj 



Thanks very much for the Poinsettia seed. 

 They are both the angular, coarsely tuberculate 

 seed of r. heterophyila. As you note, the 

 pedicels do elongate and straighten as the 

 fruit mature. This gives the capsule a 

 relatively clear shot for its explosive 

 dehiscence. 1 an very glad to get the seeds, 

 though I'm not sure that I'll try to grow a 

 Poinsett ia garden this summer. 1 want to spend 

 at least a month in exico, collecting over 

 in the west, and by the time 1 return froi 

 .'.'ontreal, the summer will be nearly gone. 



I have been somewhat side-tracked lately, 

 but 1 do intend to write up my poinsettia 

 data one of these days. 



With best regards. 



Sincerely, 



