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the state. Aside from Professor Arthur's collection, which is 

 specially rich in the Uredinales, there is no other of importance 

 in the state. The local literature * is not extensive : 



Arthur. Additions to the Cryptogamic Flora of Indiana. 

 Proc. Indiana Acad, Sci. 1896: 214-216. 1897, 



Rose. Mildews of Indiana. Bot. Gaz. 11 : 60-63. 1886. 



Includes notes on twelve species. 



Olive. A list of the Mycetozoa collected near Crawfordsville, 

 Indiana. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1897 : 148-150. 1898. 



List of forty-three species. 



Snyder. The Uredineae of Tippecanoe county, Ind. Proc. 

 Indiana Acad. Sci. 1896: 216-224. 1897. 



Underwood. Report of the Botanical Division of the Indiana 

 State Biological Survey. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1893 : 13- 

 67. 1894. 



Includes 482 fungi, two species new, in the list of Cryptogams 

 of the state. 



Report of the Botanical Division of the Indiana State 



Biological Survey for 1894. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1894: 

 144-156. 1895. 



Includes 107 species of fungi additional to preceding list. 



Additions to the published Lists of Indiana Cryptogams. 



Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1896: 171, 172. 1897. 



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Iowa. 



This State has been more fortunate than many in having at its 

 State Agricultural College a succession of botanists, who have 

 been able to see that the vegetation of the earth is not ex- 

 clusively made up of seed-producing plants. The study of the 

 lower plants was commenced by Professor Bessey and his students, 

 and has been continued by his successors. Professors Halsted and 

 Pammel. Professor Macbride, of the State University, has also 

 published considerably on the Myxomycetes and Agaricales, and 

 other collections have been made by J. C. Arthur and A. S. Hitch- 

 cock. One of the most enthusiastic collectors is E. W. Holway, of 

 Decorah, whose private collection and library are very exten- 



* A bibliography of Indiana botany was prepared by the writer in 1893, 

 Cf. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1893 : 20-30. 1 894. 



