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For the present I am rggarding the Habenarias aaH. petalodea 
Lindl. The small flowered forms represent the variety miorantha Reiohb. 
f. Let us wait for Schioehter’s paper uefore making a final stand on 
this question. 
Your £44, £60 and £6?, are much needed. Please asnd material 
when read;?, cd^a-tn, m 
We now have our key to the Central American species of Apidendum 
completed. It has taken the best part of a year to construct this 
document. 1 havo examined simply thousands of specimens in the making 
of it. 
Stella flowers in fluid preservative are much needed. 
This letter brings to an end our correspondence for the event¬ 
ful year 19 C£. X hope that ly 2b will find us well on our way toward 
the preparation of an illustrated orchid flora of Panama. A volume 
of Orehidaceae devoted to such a flora would be a delightful thing 
to have in hand l Let us work with such a volume in mind. 
Bow comes the new year with ail its promise. Please accept 
my best wishes for 19£5. I expect great things of you; you expect 
great things cf me. If we work harmoniously tovara the end we have 
in view, and in sgooting at the stars, bring down a few good apples, 
the world may thank us a little as it grows wiser. 
Yours faithfully, 
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C. W. Powell, 
Balboa, Canal done, 
Panama. 
