355 Commonwealtli Avenue, Boston, ill ass. 
January 20 th, 1923. 
My dear Hr. Powell; 
Your letter of the eighth January has come. I am 
very much pleased to learn that the plate of Selenipe&ium chica reached 
you in good condition. By this time you are in possession of the 2d 
number of the Sehedulae which conto ins the article that explains 
the plate. In donneotion with this species I wish you would inves¬ 
tigate the fruits and ascertain if they have any suggestion of Van¬ 
illa. This is an interesting point and one that needs confirmation. 
Schlechter has not yet sent me proof of the Pan¬ 
ama paper. I will be interested to see this. I7hat you say about his 
Scaphosspalum pazaamaense is momentous. In ray letter of September 27th, 
1922 you will remember that I informed you that I was unable to under¬ 
stand on what grounds Schlechter ran this species into Scaphosspalum. 
How, in my opinion he has made a mess of the whole thing. I have not 
yet attached the proclem from the new light, but it would seam that we 
have a tangle to undo. Surely he is wrong in his conception of ilasde- 
vallia Livingstonii, but you will remember that you and I probably 
know more about this species than does anybody else. PLEAS3 fio not 
take this matter up with Schlechter until I have had an opportunity 
to read his paper. Such things are best attended to from this end 
where we are on the watch for critical work. 
■He sail on the Heredia from Havana late in Feb¬ 
ruary and expect to have enough time in Panama to pay you a visit. 
time 
We must reach Honduras by i&rch third. I am sorry that my^dfoes not 
allow of an expedition with you, but 1 feel that Panama is in good 
hands and that I oan go to new fields more profitably. 
I sincerely hope that you have discovered Mas- 
devallla Livingstonii. Coax it into bloom and treasure it like a ohild 
