335 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass, October 9th, 192}, 
My dear Mr, Powell: 
1 know that yon are going to be angry with 
me because I hare failed to keep you informed of what is godrug 
on here. So this is just a hurried note to catch the outgoing 
mail, I am back on the job and your specimens are going through 
the mill. Here is a brief Isit of names for you. }11 Pleurothallis 
gnomon!fora Ames sp, nov. ?79 Pleurothallis Weroklei Sehltr. 
{Formerly identified as P. Wagneri Sehltr.) , 289 , Pleurothallis 
Werokiei Sehltr. 306 Pleurothallis glandulosa Ames sp. nov. 298 
Epidendrum simulacrum Ames sp. nov,310 Epidendrum lonophleb- 
ium Reichb, f. 296 , Epidendrum difforme Jacq. a small form that 
is near E, firmum Reichb. f. I am not yet satisfied with this, 
276, Kaxillaria, apparently a new species related to M, luerek- 
helmii Sehltr, and M, gatunensis Sehltr. I am afraid I will, 
have to describe this. I think the balance of your specimens 
will be finished soon with the exception of a package which is 
in the Customs. They are charging $3*25 duty on your packages 
and I am trying to stimulate action on the part of the authori¬ 
ties ,0f course lean pay the duty, but unless we are able to es¬ 
tablish a precedent it will be burdensome to handle your pack¬ 
ages. Why not put on a lower valuation. Your bottles come through 
without a hitch. Why not write to the treasury Department and 
ask if it is the Intention of the tariff laws to make a specialist 
to whom you send specimens for identification pay duty on the 
specimens? Put this wage the thing seems rediculous. Ask if it is 
the intention of the United States to make it impossible for a 
citiaen residing in the Canal Zone to get an authoritative opin¬ 
ion from a Harvard Professor regarding natural history specimens 
in which you are deeply interested. Because it conceivable 
