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[[in pencil]] 5 Dec 21 [[/pencil]]

E. polytricha (or ought to be) and Pasp guttatum. I topped a hill and came on a colony of the lovely thing shimmering in the sun - a lovely sight. The two racemes leaning to one side, almost appressed to each other, were so exactly like the drawing I made of the type, I knew the species at once.  All afternoon I changed and dried repeatedly - the sun was at its best and left at 5:45 for [[insertion]] [[blue X in margin]] [[/insertion]] Metallurgica, next station on the line, in order to get to [[insertion]] Serra [[/insertion]] Ouro Branco, advised by Dr. Campos Porto. When I left the train about 6:40 and saw the station and three mud huts I laughed to myself,