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355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
November £Oth, 19S2 
My dear Mr* Sowell: 
The flowers and buds of Selenipedlum 
Chloa Reichb.f. arrived this noon. X oannot allox 1 ? a day 
to pass without writing to you my deepest thanks. How we 
are in a position to mako the first worth-while record of 
this rare thing. How we can study it to ascertain its re¬ 
lationship to the Brazilian species of the genus. X will 
make a note of this gem in the next number of Schedules 
Orohidianae. With the materials I have and the flowers it 
will be possible to put out a faithful portrait. 
I have received several good letters from Mr. Lankes- 
ter. X enjoy the way ho writes. I should like very much to 
meet him. 
My work on the Central American orchid flora is going 
along rapidly. I find many interesting facts in connection 
with misunderstood species, faulty determinations ©to. The 
trouble is that I cannot see an end of the critical part of 
the job. By the way, Bp 1 den drum Radlkoferianuia Schltr.is 
nothing more or less than Jj. volntum Lindl. 
I am looking forward to another package from you. I 
would welcome some Stalls flowers in ths bottles. I want to 
study the minute structure from unpressed material. 
I was very favorably impressed with the drawings made 
by your daughter. I hope she will keep on. We do so need the 
aid of those who have tho gift to put on paper accurate pict¬ 
orial records of those things that words fail to clarify. 
