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September 19, 1932. 
My dear Hr. Mwardss 
The s.'peciEr- v ns mentioned in your letter of August 
17th# nos. 108 -230, havo arrived in good erudition. As s whole they 
are not exciting, hut I thin' there it. at least ne a- dition to the 
Honduran ore’:id f loi , I mill append a list of the ones I have teen 
able tc identify off-hand* 
There has "been sent to you by the bursar, a check for 
eight hundred nd fifty dollars, of this .mount ..<-50.00 covers your 
wage account to October 3 ft,, 250 it for travelling expenses and i-150.00 
is for your as- distant. tf course I da not kbo . h' v- you -11 ■ apportion the 
amount for an as si stoat, but you may use your own discretion in this re¬ 
gard. This chock wipes out the allowance for an a; distant » travelling# 
postage and supplies, r h- b;. lance if entirely for your own rages. The next 
check for your wages will " •sent round Tec ember first. 
At the herbarium they ;: nt me to instruct you to put 
all material cf the same number in a gencr 1 folder. Otherwise the assist¬ 
ants find trouble in assembling the duplicates. There is also a reference 
to sterile specimens. Unless flowers accompany a plant it ir very difficult 
to identify it, and if a species should prove to be new, it could not be 
described or published in want of floral det; ils. 
Dr. Barbour would welcome moths and other insects. Why 
not send a sample lot. He might be willing to contribute something to your 
