Hay 5th, *23 
I have eliminated everything from Central America. It is near P. 
vittata Lindl. but quite distinct. To-raprrow I will eliminate the 
South American species. In the meantime we may take up the proposed 
name, rt ijs surely a joy jt6 work with your material . The additional 
flowers give one an opportunity to study a species with some degree 
of pleasure. 
£83. Qrnithidium fulgens Reiohb. f. ex char. I only know this from 
the original description. I have the same thing from Lankester. I 
intend to get sketches and a photograph of this species from Vienna, 
in the meantime you must do what I am doing, regard the determination 
as reasonably correct. 
£84. Stelis orosoenticola Sohltr. Again I must congratulate you on 
the material you plaoe before mo. The flowers in the pocket were 
just as good as those in spirit! Just the right pressure to make a 
perfect specimen. I have written to Washington for the duplicate 
type of this species. I w*unt to make sure that I am right in reducing 
S.Isthmi and S. praeraorsa. Although you redord color variations the 
floral structure is identical and one would strain a point to make 
more than one species. 
£85. Stelis crescenticola Schltr. Call it var. alba if you need a 
garden name. For scientific purposes It is simply a color variant of 
the species named. 
£86. Trizouxis falcata Lindl. I believe this is an addition to your 
list of genera and an addition to the flora of Panama. Rather a lovely 
little thing. 3ut one needs a lens to see its beauty. 
287 A scientific abomination! In my horticultural experience I do 
not remember to have seen this form. Call it Lpidendrum atropurpureum 
laciniatua . I will have to study this. If you want to know why 
