436 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1887. 



ted by C. G. Pringle in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1886, of which 24 new to the 

 Herbarium ; 510 species collected by Dr. E. Palmer in Jalisco, Mexico in 1886, 

 of which 259 are new to the collection. 



Plants (Fossil). 



G. W. Holstein. Gyroiithes Holsteini (alga) from the Carboniferous of Texas. 

 Mrs. W. Lorenz. Coal plants from Pennsylvania and Illinois, from the collection 

 of the late Mr. W. Lorenz. 



Minerals and Rocks. 



Isaac Burk. Sand concretion, from Woodbury N. J. 



A. H. Smith. Fissure products from the Carolina earthquake. 



Adele M. Fielde. Rock specimens from the Province of Quantung, China. 



R. C. McMurtrie. Garnets, from Cuba. 



Mrs. W. Lorenz. Collection of minerals, largely from Chester Co., Pa., collected 



by the late Mr. W. Lorenz. 

 J. Siemadzko. In exchange for a fragment of the Tennessee (Lea) meteorite: 



Topaz, from Nertchinsk, Siberia; Topaz, from the Urals; Alexandrite, from 



Ekaterinenburg, Siberia ; Beryl, from Nertschinsk. 

 W. E. D. Scott. Sand discharged by Carolina earthquake. 

 M. Desliong. Zoisite and Grossularite, from Leiperville, Pa. 

 Joseph Willcox. Coral-sand iGck, Key West, Florida. 

 J. E. Ives. Nodule of Chlorite, from Lafayette, Pa. 



T. A. Robinson. Fossiliferous rock and Pyrites, from Lake Temquisatto, Can. 

 S. R. Roberts. Hematite, from the Orinoco River, S. A. 

 H. W. Johns. Asbestos cloth. 



T. D. Rand. Modified Quartz, from Falls of Schuylkill, Pa. 

 J. C. McNelly. Hematite, from mines in Blair Co., Pa. 

 H Ready. Nodule in carboniferous shale, Clearfield Co., Pa. 

 W. W. Jefferis. Muscovite, from Delaware Co., Pa. 

 Mineralogical and Geological Section A. N. S. Smoky quartz (part of crystal), 



from Macon Co., N. C. 



