454 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1879. 



John H. Redfield ; 282 species plants, collected by Dr. C. C. 

 Parry and Dr. E. Palmer in 1878, chiefly in the region of 

 San Luis Potosi, Mexico; also 81 species, collected in 

 Western North Carolina in June 1879, by Dr. Asa Gray, 

 Win. M. Canhy, C. S. Sargent, and J. H. Redfield; also 

 Aspidium aculeatum Sw. var. Braunii, collected in Bush- 

 nellsville Clove, Catskill Mts. 



Dr. A. P. Garber ; 68 species of Florida plants, collected by 

 him, supplementary to the collection received from him in 

 April, most of these being new or rare species. 



Isaac C. Martindale; Teucrium occidentale Gr., collected by 

 him on banks of Delaware River, below Philadelphia. 

 October. Dr. Asa Gray; 47 species of phanerogamous plants 

 from Mexico and West Indies, and 12 mosses from Borneo. 



Titian R. Peale ; Drosera filiformis, from Ocean Grove, N. J. 

 November. Wm. M. Canby; 18 species North American plants, 

 nearly all new to the collection. 



Chas. F.Parker; Epiphegus Virginiana Bart. var. Rauana, 



collected by C. F. Austin, on High Peak, Catskill Mts., N.Y. 



December. Isaac C. Martindale; 96 species plants, some from 



New Zealand, but mostly foreign species collected on the 



ballast deposits in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. 



Dr. Geo. Engelmann, St. Louis, Mo.; 5 varieties of Quercns, 

 mostly hybrids. 



Prof. Thos. C. Porter, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. ; Soli- 

 dago Buckleyi, from Monticello, Ga. 



Susannah Kite, Friends Library, Germantown, Phila. ; Cle- 

 matis Scottii Porter, from Colorado. 



Thos. Meehan; Salicornia arbuscula R. Br., from Victoria, 

 Australia, collected by Baron von M tiller. 



REPORT OF THE MINERALOGICAL SECTION. 



The Director of the Mineralogical Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, would respectfully report that meetings of the 

 Section have been held regularly every month, except July and 

 August. The attendance has been larger than in the prior year, 

 and there has been no lack of interest. 



Reference to the annexed list of donations will show that the 

 increase of the collection of the Academy has been satisfactory. 



