£25 Bay State Road, Boston, Massachusetts 
February 19, 1935. 
My dear Ran esters 
lour letter enclosing a Mas- 
devallia, arrived this morning. I looked through 
the herbarium trying to match it, but without suc¬ 
cess, The nearest Costa Rican Kasdevallla is the 
extremely rare M. Gorgo, a Reichenbachian propos¬ 
al taken up by Itraenzlin. I only know this from a 
sketch made in the Reichenbachian Herbarium and the 
description prepared by Kraenzlin in his monogarph, 
I would have stuck to this thing until I found its 
counterpart, but I am rushed to the breaking point 
getting ready to .leave for a Caribbean cruise to¬ 
morrow noon. , , 
We are convinced that Masdevallia 
astuta and M. erythrochaete are synonymous, the latter 
name holding by priority of publication. 
I should welcome a complete speci¬ 
men of the M. Gorgo-like thing and trust you will find 
time to prepare flowers if they appear or to turn up 
more material with exact localisation, 
I ass glad you like Botanical Mus¬ 
eum Leaflets. This little publication is becoming a 
most valuable repository of Central American orenido* 
logical notes. It must please you, from time to time, 
to see that your own work is recorded in the pages. 
I shall not reach Costo Rica this 
winter. My cruise takes me to the West Indies only 
with stops at Venezuela and Panama, 
When I return home in April I sh all 
expect to find a few bottles from you one of them con¬ 
taining Stelis glossula .lt will be a pleasure to have 
the opportunity to make a drawing of this little gem 
from wet specimens. 
with all good wishes, 
I am, sincerely yours, 
