LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
. Washington, D. C., August 21, 1895. 
Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as Vol- 
ume III, No, 6, of Contributions from the United States National Her- 
barium, a manuscript entitled “ Botany of Yakutat Bay, Alaska.” This 
paper constitutes a report on the botany of one of the obscure parts of 
our country, and is a result of the explorations of a field agent of this 
Department, Mr. Frederick Funston, during the summer of 1892. 
Respectfully, 
FREDERICK V. CoVILLE, 
Botanist. 
Hon. J. STERLING Morton, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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I. Field report. By Frederick Funston.........0..0.000ceeeee scenes cee ceee 325 
Il. Botanical report. By Frederick Vernon Coville........-.----++-----+ 00+: 334 
dntroductory notewsces: caescecetaoe ee essen tetaneGs ns eed ecctee teas 334 
Catalogue Of SeCi0S xcn.csnnitnlivetoenese leer elnudeetste stat enceciee 335 
ALISt OF (SPOCIMIONAsaccee teases casts cack wins es exewew enone eke tae acee 352 
