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remnants of my own phaenogamic herbarium, presented to 

 the School when I first came to St. Louis, to which have 

 been added: — 



The herbarium of the late Dr. O. Krause, of Jefferson 

 City, found at the University addressed to me, but of the 

 history of which diligent inquiry has revealed nothing. 

 This includes, approximately, 2,000 specimens. 



2. A set of New Zealand ferns, presented by Professor 

 H. S. Pritchett. 



3. A set of 161 Australian plants, presented by Baron 

 von Mueller. 



4. About 600 sheets of duplicate specimens from the 

 herbarium of J. Gay, distributed from Kew, and obtained 

 through the interest of Dr. Gray. 



5. About 6,000 specimens from the duplicates of the 

 Joad herbarium, likewise presented by Dr. Gray, and orig- 

 inally distributed from Kew. 



6. A collection of some 400 Mexican plants made by Dr. 

 Edward Palmer, and presented by him. 



7. A partial set of Professor E. L. Greene's Santa Cruz 

 Island plants, presented by the collector. 



8. A set of Jamaican ferns, presented by Mr. J. Hart, 

 now of the Royal Gardens of Trinidad. 



9. About 200 Californian plants, presented by Mr. S. B. 

 Parish. 



10. Asetof Howell'sOrcgoncoUectionof 1887, purchased. 



11. A set of Bailey's Cay^ex cxsiccata;, purchased. 



12. A collection of alpine plants, made by myself in 

 Colorado in the summer of 1886. 



13. About 6,000 sheets, being all that remains, of the 

 original herbarium of the late S. B. Buckley, collected in 

 the South Atlantic States, and purchased of the late Mrs. 

 Eebecca Mann Dean, in whose possession it had been for 

 many years. 



14. About 700 specimens of Iowa plants, presented by 

 Mr. A. S. Hitchcock. 



15. Collections of smaller size, but often important, and 



