SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
June 13, 1927. 
Mr. Charles Schweinfurth, 
Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 
Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Schweinfurth: 
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I assume t hat the species Vanilla Hevermannii has never been 
published. Mr. Nevermann, a very good friend of mine, gave me an 
account of it while I was at his banana plantation in the Atlantic 
lowlands of Costa Rica. He stated that some years previously he 
had forwarded good material to Schlechter, who had asked him to 
collect Costa Rican orchids, said that Schlechter had given this 
name to his specimens. Mr. Nevermann has the plant growing in some 
quantity on his plantation. If I remember correctly, I sent to 
Mr. Ames material of this species preserved in liquid, but possibly 
my memory is at fault. The material, if it was sent, was some that 
was collected and forwarded to the Museum by Mr. Nevermann. 
If Schlechter did fail to publish a description of this pro¬ 
posed new species, as he did in many other cases, it is probable, 
according to your statement, that he avoided at least one unnec¬ 
essary synonym. 
Sincerely yours, 
Paul C. Standley 
Associate Curator, 
Division of Plants. 
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