HAROLD N. MOLDENKE, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Science 
Paterson State College, Wayne, New Jersey 07470 
Co'Editor and Publisher of “Phytologia” 
FORMER DIRECTOR 
TRAILSIDE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER 
MOUNTAINSIDE, N. J. 
FORMERLY CURATOR 
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, BRONX, N. Y. 
MAILING ADDRESS: 
303 PARKSIDE ROAD 
PLAINFIELD, N. J. 07060 
December 12, 1967 
Dear p r ed 
Th a nk you so much for your letter of N 0 vember 27 th and the parcel of plants, and 
for letting me keep the verbs. N 0 , I received NOTHING from the N. Y. Boji. Ga^d. of your 
plantsl Th a f is now typical of the administration there, if you w ant things to 
reach me, please send them direct to me at my home address — pop Parkside Road, 
Plainfield, n. J* 07060. 
W 0 are sorry that you and your good w if a did not have such a happy visit to 
Mexico. Andy and his bride had a grand time traveling and collecting all over the 
country, down to the Guatamela line. 1 am still working on the identification of his 
specimens •— many are hosts of beetles. 
I sent your £, am i a ceae to Carl gpling, since he is the expect on the group, and 
asked him to report the names direct to you. X sent you a carbon of my letter to him for 
your files. 
Now, here are my dets* for the verbs: [and the g^retiaceae] 
p5199 — Duranta repena L. 
p5p97 — l^ntana maxima Hayek 
p5520 — B 0 uchea prismatica var. brevirostra Gr en z. 
p5p99 — L^ntana moritziana Otf° & Dietr, 
p552p — Priva aspera H.B.K. 
P7^k0 — Verbena brasiliensis Veil. 
■p6pl6 — Verbena stricta Vent. 
p5p98 — S^achytarpheta australis Moldenke 
v 'p542o — Cordia to qua re A«bl. 
p5p96 — cordia cylindrostachya (Ruiz & Psv. ) Roem. & s c bult. 
Hoping that you and your family will have a happy ci r istmas and New Year season, 
I am, as always 
your old friend. 
