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At Dr. David Griffiths' request we wrote Mr, Meyer 
on Novera'ber 8, 1916, to te on the lookout for lilies for 
his work. 
On Novemher 11, 1916, Mr. Stuntz wrote Mr. Meyer in 
part as follows: 
"I am sending you a few notes that have 
■been extracted from various sources on the 
flora of central and southeastern China for 
your use, and hope to have more for you at 
various intervals. 
"Mr. ChamTDliss asked rae to remind you 
that he wants Zizania latif olia with as full 
information concerning it as you can get, 
as soon as you can get it. 
"I aia enclosing an abstract of a recent 
pu'blication on the plants of Yunnan ty Le- 
veille. Some of the notes have teen taken 
from this pu'blication." 
The enclosure to the atove letter reads as follows: 
"H. Leveille has just pu^blished a 
Catalogue des Plantes du Yunnan, dedicated to 
the memory of Franchet and Delavay, arranged 
alphalDetically ty families and running as far 
as out to Euphortiaceae. It contains many 
new species, tut the quality of these new 
species may perhaps "be shown ty the fact that 
he dearited a Triosteum, T. hirsutum . as a 
new species of Echium, E. connatum . 
"Of protatle interest to you are 30 
species and varieties of Vitis, none however 
described, 30 species of Berheris, without 
description or location, a rose-colored Tecoma, 
T. mairei . from Mount Pe-Long-Tsin, a new Amelia, 
A. maire i from Siao-Ou-Long, 26 Loniceras, Vi- 
'burnmn totryoideum from Mount lo-Chan, Celastrus 
yunnanensis with rose-colored flowers from Kiao- 
Kiao, Euonymus pro v i cari i from Pi-Ka-Tong, Cu- 
pressus mairei . a superb tree around pagodas 
on the plain of Tong-Tchouan; Cornus capitathy - 
poleuca . a large umbrella- shaped tree from Mount 
lo-Chan; Cucumus mairei . with solitary white 
flower, and Petasites-like foliage, cultivated 
December 31, 1916. 
