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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please join the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United
  States</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Botanic Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Botany for a new talk in the
Botanical Partners Lecture Series:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>&#8220;Flower Bat and Bird Niches in Two Worlds:
A Pantropical Comparison&#8221;</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Theodore H. Fleming</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Professor of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
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 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Miami</st1:PlaceName></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Time: 4:00 p.m. with reception to follow</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Location: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Botanic Garden Conservatory</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">100 Maryland Avenue SW</st1:Street>, <st1:City
 w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:address></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>RSVP to Katie</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> at (202)
226-8038 or <a href="mailto:kpalm@aoc.gov">kpalm@aoc.gov</a>; space is limited.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Botanical Partners Lecture Series is designed to bring
together the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
scientific community interested in botanical studies.&nbsp; Invited speakers
have been chosen to attract participants from a broad spectrum of the local
community who are interested in the botanical sciences.&nbsp; An informal
reception after the talk will be hosted to promote discussion and exchange of
ideas.&nbsp; Please share this announcement with colleagues in your department
or office.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gary
Krupnick, Ph.D.<br>
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit<br>
Department of Botany<br>
Smithsonian Institution<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 37012</st1:address><br>
NMNH, MRC-166<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20013-7012</st1:PostalCode>
 <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
Tel: 202-633-0940<br>
Fax: 202-786-2563<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:KrupnickG@si.edu">KrupnickG@si.edu</a></span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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