IJew York, _arch 2] si, 1898. 
Year Mr Collins, 
3 have vailed a few days in order to give 
your ! Ini urn s more careful attention. They are very interesting to m$ 
r S you know 3 have a. revision of the genus in ms. and have been 
oarticularlv bothered by the Mn. orthorhynchum group. These two of 
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- ours seem to bo the very small variety of that species which nas 
been called Mn. in cl .inatu m, Lindb.(.See Limprioht Laubmonse and Phil 
ibert he^. Bryol. jan. 3 895.) "he caps’llos are mucr .rhler, and 
the plant more delicate in every way th'-r the normal f rm of Mn. 
o rth o rhync hum or lycopodio /de s, 3 t hink ' hey are deserving of fur¬ 
ther study, and if you have the operculum preserved in any of them, 
it is said to be blunt in this species as distinguishing it from 
the others of this group. 1 think you are safe in recognizing it 
as a variety, which has boon credited to America to Jfacotm, you 
for subgl 0 ' 4 ;osu;. • which wo u.ct t i:l psawlopu • ctatn .m, the first 
name. 1 must congratulate you on the neatness of your slides. They 
are fine, and 3 wi sh you would give me a shprt notice of how you 
make them for the Fern Bulletin. 3 have Amann's account of his me¬ 
thod and was proposing to make a note for them soon on this subject 
You use ("glycerine jelly, of course. halting you for these specimens, 
which 3 shall be very glad to keep, believe me most cordially 
yours, 
