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,I S No 177 O.cerebriferum, leieh.f. of Schlec*ters determinations. These 
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^ J i <rT»rtW 1 TIXT i T5 the Ground. It will grow Fpiph but_does ^atfjrelish^ 
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£1 7 Ap-*in the flos 161 & 1 " are £pipnyti«,wniie *u ^ 
, ?Smd groifnf to the ground. It will grow Ipiph hut does “t relleh 
1 i 4 + not thrive. You will remember that its bulbs looicea n^e 
* “a£ P^stelSa eSt bulbs. You saw it growing while here. 
1 Of so 17G"0ncid without leaves” 7 
15 n^weSSL usually 1 ruins a plant’for 'further ^ . 
“ 4 lKi11 S “ a ° n 
vc n> |‘the vegetable parts. 
'T^ii>.sii . „ -i pt+pw T wrote Schlechter. He 
* ^ I have already sent you a copy of a letter jt u h s0 i thought 
l{ was rather rough, in his remarks, which I did not reiisn, 
^it best to write him at once. 
V -f ioT tty Chlrlqui trip was the Joyous *^emblingj>f^the ^^ethi^l!^ 
H V >l?-l? 00 S Si?idual plSis! Of Jhe new one^l^c^nnot^^at^thisjime 
1 ^U as in this VOll ^! e +. 0 fn number of Sp would be conservative. I 
*• i iSbut I am sure that 5 u- 6 v, in numb loidendrums, with the 
7 t ^was particularly W l t onr°of which is about the size of PIeuro- 
?<TwR strepias ( 5 sp of them) one p^othalis and Stelis I pro- 
Hthalis Powelln of Schlecht sr» noteworthy m size and shape. Many 
1 \ cured a large number of Sp, y , this time guess at. It was 
H4iother new species which I ®*“ ® d y ln flower. I made specimens of all 
i ^remarkable the few plants I found in ™«rer. powers was at 
* P 4 that I saw. The natives told me th«* ««».^ excessive r , in u * 
, ^ ^ least two months behind the usu » & often while I was there in 
Jto late in February. In fact ^ r £“ e J orth east. These were of shoift 
f ** i 4 Marchj a cold drizzling r c-nirrppahle when you were caught in 
■ Jl duration, but were extremely4 Asportation of plants was not very 
. 414 one of them. The mort ^llty . which I was looking forward to 
< 1 * j large but I lost some new species wmen 
4 A ^with keen anticipation. 
n w»r»«?eewiczii 's statement that 
I will here make some remarks an thg ^ Q00 foot line. I^ls^b^ 
there was a liucuriant foliag^^abo^^ ^ stunted sage gr^ss. Thi. 
Tritely non existent. 0n lF T, ry, +v, 0 r.rtnta Rican or west side I am 
'^is^forthe - Panama or last side. On rains. Warscewicz may 
told thatthere is vegetation 811 . 5 ? of order or measured his height 
have allowed hie f Xf» «« ' Ma •“»* t0 70 ° T ° l^T 
by hie feelings after the oli*b f^ dlBagreea „ le climbing. I ^ 
the foliage stops, it i» tv j»_ w -nlants between 6 - 7 CUO xeet. 
it this tfip and only Procured * leye! “u? am going to give them a 
afraid of their living at Sea level, a f glared miles for me 
good try. It wonld have involvedi^r:^ide owing to the steep gulches 
fTfSItte Sartside, and I did not have the time 
Very sincerely yours 
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