add to the joy of nations. Try to avoid duplications "by keeping a 
careful record of the numbers that are already made. Your 234, by 
the way was a mixture of Platystele compaeta and Pleurothallis hastata. 
There was one plant of this last nmaed species on the sheet. I have 
set it aside as 234a, Of course errors like t is are bound to occurr 
in the cs.se of these Ifttle fellows that sometimes grow intermingled, 
P, hast&ta is new to your list, I found it near Tela in 1923* It was 
originally found in Mexico, 
That queer fingered lip Cycnoehes is the male form. I am 
wondering if 242 and 102 are the male and female of the same species, 
Catasetum and Cychoches are puzzling in this regard and it is the duty 
of the collector to throw any light he can on the probability of identity, 
I have already warned you against too much pressure in press¬ 
ing Sebralialike fleers. The perianth organs simply become agglutinated 
and in removing the protective papers you use, become torn. The only 
means of identification is then found in the alcohol material. 
Your 89, a Habenaria species looks interesting. I hope you will 
find more of itJ^ because I do not recognize it off-hand, 
I certanly hope that check has reached you. It worries me to 
think you may be short of funds. 
With all good wishes. 
Sincerely yours. 
