Caracas, October 31, 1930 
Dr, 3. F. Blake 
Office of Economic and Systematic botany. 
Bureau of Plant Industry, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Dr. Blake: 
It is quite a time since I have not heard 
from you. I expect that you have now come back from ycur 
vacations and that you are again &ard at work. I send 
you inclosed a few determinations which I hope may prove 
useful. I am trying to get rid of quite a lot of unnamed 
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Melastoms, among which there is a number of new things. 
Curiously enough, those brought by Holt from the Alto Ori¬ 
noco seem to belong all to known species. 
What about the Compositae? Could you help 
me in placing the larger part of those collected by Gehrig 
I do not expect there are many undescribed species among 
them. You know also that any names you send are welcome. 
Hoping to hear from you soo, I remain 
yours sincerelv 
