If e r t ,h R a s t ® R .; Mass,E«pte*Hr 1 8 , 1 9 2 ;1. 
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||y deer Mr. Powell: 
In 191? specimen® of a Se 3 e n 1 p ed i urn were- found 
VV> cAJL^V-U toxrcrV/’ 
at an altitude of ft*p, on Ancon Hilly This was on September £?2. 
The material obtained 1® inadequate and as J would like to make 
a sure determination perhaps you will be kind enough to help me 
secure a perfect specimen and if successful in finding one pre¬ 
serve a few flowers in formalin so that T can have drawings made 
for the Flora of Central America. This orchid is of the Lady’s 
Slipper type and has snail flowers abo£t. the sine of Cypripediun 
p &r v if 1 or,um borne in many flowered racemes at, the summit of leafy 
et.eme that, arte palm like in aspect. Perhaps you know the species 
well. The only species reported from Panama is S. hioa, but I 
have a suspicion that 8. palmlfolia is also a native of the Isthmus. 
This group is very poorly represented In herbaria and from the 
few specimens I have seen I am unable to verify the measurement® ^ 
usually given in florae, (f-p). H would rea’ly he a kindness if ft *— 
can help in this matter, not. only to me, but to botanical science. 
i; hope my letter of the eptamber has already 
reached you and that, you will decide to help me in my work on the 
Central American orchids. 
Your® sincerely, 
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