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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
S. P. LANGLEY 
SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16, 1900, 
Dea r Mr . Davenpo rb, 
I am receiving proof of my list; and sev¬ 
eral questions with regard to range have come up in which I 
should like to have your assistance , if w itho ut considerable 
inconvenience to yourself • Primarilyjl wish to enquire wheth¬ 
er you admit the correctness of Miss Cooley's determination 
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of Z>. Bootti i from Southern Alaska1 am informed by her that 
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specimens are packed away^You may have materialjfrom Alas 
ka, and if so I should like to include Alaska within the range > 
I have a slight recollection that Meehcm reported it from the 
there also . - 1 have the mere entry Phegop teris al pertri s 1 ', 
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Wisconsin • No clue as to authority etc*- I ao not believe^the 
record, and shall not include unless I can find out definitely 
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as to its occurrence • ft - How far into the northwest ter¬ 
ritory does Selagtnella apus range? I have nojdefinite data 
regarding its occurrence there . -- Will you be good enough 
to give me the ranges of Ch. viscida , and Ch . Cooperae by c 
counties? or simply by localities if that is easier . I re¬ 
member seeing in the Qolumbia herbarium a sheet of ft- Pellaea 
