SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
S. P. LANGLEY 
8ECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
We have not . Last summer Pollard and I collected in the same 
spot at Auburn the plant which Underwood had determined as 
/err ft i'L. et 
11 oridana * l It may be that species, but it represent dr a very 
different form of it, if it is the same thing . One pQint 
in which it differs especially isithe color ana texture of the 
chaff . I have never seen either clintoniana or Florida spec¬ 
imens of floridan a in vhich the scales were otherwise than 
flaccid and concolorous • The Auburn plant however is like 
Palmer 1 s from the Dismal Swamp in having the scales of 
rather thick texture and showing the decidedly marked contrast 
of two colors sn characteristic of aoldiana . I do not think 
it the same as Palmers plant 
a oridona as commonly understood anf from cl i ntoniana . I am 
rather anxious to send on our material for you to look over 
if you are willing to do so- I have thought that perhaps 
fl oridana may not be specifically distinct , but in the uncer¬ 
tainty have thought best to leave it as it is now generally/ 
regarded . Shall I send a bundle of th&& material for you 
to see? 
