teresting for the most part, but l hope i may be m * s ^ a J en * 
The whole flora there was not so distinctive as l had hoped. 
Ordinarily in Costa nica two places only a few miles apart, 
even if at about the same altitude, have widely different 
floras. Since r,o one had ever collected any plants at all 
anywhere near this part of ^uanacaste, l expected to find a 
large number of very distinct new species there, but the 
flora on the whole, although not composed ox weedy plants by 
anv means, seemed to Consist pretty largely of plants that 
are eomoA In the mountains of central Costarica, l should 
rather expect to find in Suanacaste some of the species that 
Brenes has turned up about San Kamon, for the latter locality 
is not so far away, and midway between San Jose and t^uana- 
c8S te. 
With best regards ./'Sincerely you,rs , 
Assoc fate curator, 
Division of Plants. 
