were "back in Singapore, I ^ ould go for spp. 
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which I fear I shall not he able to stiid 3 ''. 
In am deep in Dioscorea work. Galder before he saillj 
a month ago for Calcutta, begged me to complete the 
summary for his Annals without delay, and Chevalier 
has been at me again for the paper which promised 
him* Then I propose to write a S 3 niopsis of the African 
spp, ’ Tliere is no end to the coming of material: 
Merrill, who has not removed to Cambridge, -^ass,, is 
sending rne some v/hich I have not 3 /et seen: and I 
have just had a lot of ‘*^acific stuff from Honolulu, 
Turn please to the ^^ardens Bulletin 3, p, 4: on the plate 
facing that page Bioscorea pentaph^^lla is represented 
as nos 6 and f. Poes your herbarium contain any material 
raised from those tubers ? Honolulu sent me the same 
race (apparently) from the islands south-east of Tahiti-*- 
two tubers preserved in spirit; but wanted them back, 
and they have gone: but I have a feeling that I cAi.ght 
and- should;^ 
7^^ to insert a note on cultivated acific B.pentaphylla 
in train*s and m^r accpunt of the ©enus, 
, \ s tuff 
like to know if there is suclij^as foliage with you, 
Humphrey comes dom on Friday ard will be _ 21 on 
Sunday, I ought t^ be 45 instead of 65, to go 
climbing with him, 
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'7ith our best v/ishes to you both for the 
coming year. Yours ever. 
