4 
4 ? 
oa«oked through t® Slorenc®. Impossible— I ©aid I had con© through 
from Paris to Yi©n»a without the osaaination of my trunk until I 
reachod 
trunk 
trunk 
lag. At 2 ©' clock no answer had fc@e?i r®c©iY®d from th® t®l© 
an 
fr®m 
I tried to gu®ss at. At night , hy th® saa® passing I l«arn®d that 
trunk 
reaching m® in the morning. I was much r®li®T®d. fhis h®t®l is 
I . { full ®f English from G®n®a— I her* th® English wriant of th® Am- 
eriaan languag® ®n all sid®s ©f m®. I hare l®am®d ©n® Italian 
ward, "fakin®" whioh ©quale port®r or tra®g®r . Th® Italians all 
sound as if th©y w®r® calling " han-nan-n®"" ~ s© many w®rde s@@a t® 
Hur 10. . . 
' ®nd in long e v accented. -1© Aristida longispica Poir. her®. 
Isn't this th® poorest thing in th® way ®f a herharium you ®T®r 
t ***** mm®* «f th® p©ir©t"t™a" hut usually n®t "eiioush 
male® it certain. And such mixtures 
* has on® panicle of P. dilatatum , ©: 
imdulatum Poir. " has ®n« 
world Pasp. (immature tru® scrohiculatum, I think) panicle, and 
©no ®f P. plicatulum. Th® ©Id w©rld spikelets wer® also som® un- 
dtdat®, hut I shall t;-ke plicatulum f®r type, they heing mgre so. 
With such stuff for types I don't wonder the Europeans are not 
enthusiastic ©T»r th© typ© idea. However, I d®n't think that is 
th® main ©hjectien-- I think it would curtail th®±r freedom, ©** 
moan too much work. Th® assistant profossor Dr. Pampinini was 
th® en® wh© r®c®iT«d my l®tt®r, th® director always h.ing ®1®®- 
M>®r®. He had had y®ur pr®Tious lstter, evidently. He asked if 
I ccnld or would nam© s©m® of their Amorican ind®ts. I said I 
wculd ho Tory happy-unf®rtunat®ly I said "tr.s S ®m,« and n®ar-^ 
