12 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
to other subterranean genera, and the present paper is con- 
cerned with a report upon Gautieria in North America. In 
this genus five American forms are discussed and three extra- 
limital species, only one new species being established. 
HERBARIUM 
The herbarium has had a normal activity and growth dur- 
ing the year, although few additions have been made in the 
way of permanent equipment. The installation of much- 
needed steel cases was discontinued temporarily on ac- 
count of the high price of steel and the need of this com- 
modity by the Government. The lack of adequate case ca- 
pacity has resulted in a very considerable congestion in parts 
of the herbarium and has necessitated much shifting and 
rearranging of specimens. 
New Accessions.—About 150 accessions have been received 
since the last annual report, and these have included an 
exceptionally large number of types, co-types, fragments, and 
photographs of types. Some of the more noteworthy collec- 
tions acquired are the following: from Arnold Arboretum, 
218 plants of Alaska and 486 plants from the Philippine 
Islands; E. Bartholomew, 200 “North American Uredi- 
nales” ; Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 350 plants of New South 
Wales; T. S. Brandegee, 232 plants of Mexico; Bureau of 
Science, Manila, nearly 3,000 
Islands; B. F. Bush, 589 plants, 
ton Christian College, 878 plants of China; Judge J. R. 
Churchill, 124 plants of Massachusetts; Mrs. Joseph Clemens, 
447 plants of Okehorna: College de Longueuil, 374 plants 
of Canada; Rev. John Davis, 646 plants, mainly from Mis- 
ifornia; J. M. Greenman, 322 plants of Missouri and Illinois; 
M. T. Greenman, 120 plants ot Wiastaine: A. A. Heller, 300 
plants of California; A. G. Johnson, 82 plants of Switzer- 
land; P. Jérgensen, 328 plants of Argentina; ©. G. Lloyd, 
86 fungi from various localities: John Macoun, 104 fungi 
of British Columbia; New York Botanical Garden, 535 
plants, mostly from the West Indies; E. J. Palmer, 6,613 
plants of the Southwest; Dr. F. L. Stevens, 77 fungi of Porto 
Rico; U. S. National Museum, 337 plants, mostly of North 
