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Washiiigton, D. 0,, July, 10th, 1890, 
Dr. Sereno Y/atson, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Dear Sir: 
I send to you to-day a Hymenocallis, collected at 
Manatee, Florida, by Mi- J.H.Simpson. 
Please keep thw specimen and tell me if it is H. Palme*-i. 
You*-a wruly. 
