P age, Two.. 
4. I have been workihg through Fonthieva, recently,. and find it, a 
very f aec inating group.; If I can get the necessary material for-a com¬ 
plete treatment of the species I mould like to do Pont hi ev a for the F'OFTA 
« 
Py the- .way, I find in the H. S. hati'ohal Herbarium several specimens of 
this genus that you determined. These puzzle me greatly and I' render if 
your determinations rere based or searching obserVati’one. Pont.hieva rps- 
trota Lind!,-, for example, based or; Piolley II3240, ««««<; to me to be P. 
glndulasa P. 1 Pr. That is, if my P. • rostrate Lind!., from Quito, (Jamison 
#683) has been correctly identified. And then again, P. guatpmalensis H, 
f. based on F it t ier s. Costa Rica, Dec.< 11, zSgS. authenti c ated by you, 
does not seem to differ from P. as J understand that, species. 
In this connectibn 1' would like to have your opinion of t,he U.; E. Pontft- 
ieva racemose Rohr. Do you consider that, tjis is the same, as the- Pe\st, 
Indian and Central Amortcon species.. Have you good material of this ? 
f. A tracing of Pei chert eoh Ve F. • g u a t feme l ens i s would be most welcome! 
6. There is a ep eeiken of Ponthieva maculate Lirdl. in the flat 1 . Kerb, 
determined by you. The specimen came from Costa Elba. Why .did you omit 
P. maculatfi from your list of Central American orehids? 
7. Tracings of your new species of Pont hi ova would be very welcome. 
P. A dup 1 3 oet e copy of your list of Centre! American orchids is sadly 
needed here! ^ 
g, I come back, to the Tr if hero mcxico k (Wets) problem. I have examined 
critically additional nfeterlh] from Mexico and I believe yoy are right 
after all: this is a distinct species, and suf f 3 ci'enl ty unlike Triphora 
t r i a nt h of h or 0 Eydb. to he easily separated. I r. my efforts to reach 
definitive oonolusi'ons about this I found in the Field Columbian Museum 
a specimen from Yucatan that yon hod passed on as Pogonia mexicano Wats. ■ 
var.’ Prof.; Vi.l 1 ape ugh was very anxious that I' should boil out a flower.. I 
have done this, and I find that it is a new species if there ever' was one 
and I intend to call this Yucatan Trip her'a ?\ • yucat oner sei. The lip suggests 
T. • cub ensis, but there tke similarit y ends! 
10. T shall publish my notes on Triphora in C-PCFIDAC F AF V1T. • Wot i’n 
"Fhodora" as at first, planned. Please send me your tracings of your new 
species and your permission to publish our joint treatment of Triphora 
in O'PCFT'DAC'F AE VTT. 
11. What is your Triphora Kogneri? Where is this to be published? 
