
          There are two known Bromelias
 in Texas the lanuginosa & cunecta
 from both of which mine are
 different & I know them to be
 distinct from those East of the 
 Missisippi as described by Chapman
 & others & also from my own
 explorations in that region.


 There are no known Bromelias
 west of Texas in the United States
 hence I feel confident my
 species sent you are new unless
 some of them have recently
 been described


 Yours truly
 S.B. Buckley
        