man would throw them into two different genera, Lindley did tais before 
he saw both male and female flowers borne on a single plant. The male 
flower f3 when the antennae are touched eject the pftl len, r 'he female plant 
does not eject the pollen. Sometime8 when the sexes differ* the male 
flower may have an expended » fringed, or otherwise modified lip, while the 
female flo ver is a fleshy slip-. «r-like, or hull ot-ahai ■••:d cup. Then again 
the colors may vary in tV- sexes, "' T r--' '"OTT FIT7B CATASSTTf be on the look¬ 
out for i lie itiona of 1 ■' teh th t mas make my point 
clear, in ' ' 1 it '"lore of 
the different organ? an th • nr; t ut of c l or'’, .-I her s ots, dots 
or lines, etc., etc., etc. I recomt; ?nd to ye d y study of this genus 
in the field, e are pr 1 ty neary helping it' regard to the genus in 
the her '• rri . TV - -'pr ; h r. of th' - the goi* doubly hard, A 
careful fi 1>. ran should remo^' - little- o ' t'v vlfflculty, lie might re¬ 
move g 1 should go a care¬ 
fully planner effort, fpyr—ntly you are f- region "-here two or three 
species of C; tnee turn grow , one of thee o tyecies rt least being represented 
by difference- in the r.nx> s, C r yot cbtnin euidenc that oi 1.1 be of use 
to me in my \.or- of re a tion? Clos^ of' ra tion is ir ic- te'. 
The little Plorrothnllis tyooci so -re fire. One criticism, 0 and 
I real! x ~ that .o - ■ a . id eve? of tf. ??e Ittlo f • b . in glorious 
and abund; nt bloom) sever;.! v lantr in alcohol would make studies and 
drawings easier. If 1 destroy a plant in dissection, then there is nothing 
left for the artist. And sometimes, several dissections are necessary in 
order to arrive at sound conclusions. 
I fan sorry the postal operations are giving difficulties. Any 
obstacle to the steady flow of the ore id stream fills me with grief. 
Vev : sincerely yours. 
