THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
CENTRAL PARK V/EST AT 79th STREET 
DEPARTMENT OF 
FORESTRY AND GENERAL BOTANY 
NEW YORK 24, N. Y. 
Nov. 26, 1947 
Dear Dr. Howard: 
I have completed the identification of the sedges which you 
collected in Santo Domingo. From the labels which are enclosed 
in the envelope you can see what specimens I have kept; these are 
useful to me in building up a herbarium of Gyperaceae, but if you 
find necessity for them I shall be glad to return them to you. 
A quite unexpected collection appears in the genus Carex , represented 
try well-known species of eastern United States, as follows: 
Carex angustior 
C. Mimosa 
C.. Longii 
£. lurida 
C_. prairea 
Of these, C. angustior and £. jongii have previously been col¬ 
lected in the mountains of Santo Domingo, and an additional species, 
C. Leptalta; the other species are apparently new to the West Indies. 
The mountain species of Rhynchspora are in general known from the 
mountains of Jamaica and Eastern Cuba. 
It is a great pleasure to see this interesting collection. 
Sincerely yours. 
H.K.Svenson 
Chairman and Curator 
Dr. R. A. Howard 
New York Botanical Garden 
Bronx Park, N.Y. 
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