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B. L. ROBINSON, Curator, 
Asa Gray Prof. Syst. Bot. 
M, L. FERNALD, 
Fisher Prof. Nat. Hist. (Bot.) 
MARY A. DAY, Librarian 
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A. 
December 14, 1921. 
Mr. C. A. Weatherby, 
11 Wells Avenue, 
E. Hartford, Conn. 
Dear Mr. Weatherby:- 
Just after you have left, I find in the Missouri^material of 
Najas a sheet of Charles Wright^ bearing his label and in his handwrit¬ 
ing, sent out as N. flexilis but mostly consisting of N. guadalupensis ; 
but with no other locality than Connecticut. Since this plant is apt 
to be in your region, being a tropical and coastal-plain species which 
we know perfectly well from Block Island and Nantucket, I am wondering 
if you can throw any light upon it. It has shorter, flatter and straight 
er leaves than N. flexilis , and the stijf/e and stigma measure from 0.3-0.6 
mm. long, where in N. flexilis they measure from 1-2 mm. As this is the 
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only bas^that is yet apparent for Connecticut, it is naturally interest¬ 
ing to clear it up and to know whether the plant is actually found in the 
Hartford region. 
In looking over the Eleocharis material which was to go back to 
Philadelphia, Dr. Robinson, Miss Day and I noticed that there were many 
loose memoranda about the specimens, and since these are so apt to get 
entirely astray and were already slipping out, it seemed to us wiser to 
set the bundle aside until your next visit in order that any pertinent 
