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Garden of Madrid. The majority of these were Peruvian plants, 

 collected by Ruiz and Pavon, the famous Spanish botanists who 

 were the first collectors in Peru, about 150 years ago. Most of the 

 specimens represent species named by those authors. The remainder 

 of the Madrid sending consists of plants obtained almost as long 

 ago in Colombia by the famous botanist Mutis. 



Among important gifts of herbarium specimens during 1934 

 may be mentioned the following: 2,702 plants of New Mexico, 

 presented by the collector. Rev. Brother G. Arsene, of Santa Fe, 

 New Mexico; 88 sheets of plants of the Mississippi Valley, given 

 by Mr. Hermann C. Benke, of Chicago; 178 specimens from Bolivia, 

 presented by Professor Martin Cardenas of Potosi, Bolivia, who 

 has been engaged in making collections in the military zones of the 

 Chaco region; 348 Colombian plants, presented by Rev. Brother 

 Elias, of Barranquilla, Colombia; 68 Yucatan plants, from Dr. 

 Roman S. Flores of Progreso, Mexico, who accompanied his material 

 with vernacular names and notes that greatly enhance their scien- 

 tific value; 366 plants from Brazil and Amazonian Peru, collected 

 by Mrs. Ynes Mexia, of San Francisco; 223 specimens from the 

 State of Sinaloa, Mexico, presented by Mr. Jesus G. Ortega, of 

 Mazatlan, Mexico; 160 Mexican plants presented by the veteran 

 collector, Dr. C. A. Purpus, of Zacuapan, Veracruz, Mexico; 250 

 specimens of rare plants of British Honduras, many of them new 

 species, collected by Mr. William A. Schipp, of Stann Creek, British 

 Honduras; 411 specimens, chiefly Compositae from the Hawaiian 

 Islands, presented by Dr. Earl E. Sherff, of Chicago; 344 plants 

 from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, contributed by Mr. James 

 Zetek, of Balboa, Canal Zone; and an exceptionally valuable lot 

 of 568 plants, chiefly trees of South America, presented by the 

 School of Forestry of Yale University, through the courtesy of 

 Professor Samuel J. Record. 



Many of the most desirable contributions have been acquired 

 in return for determination of the specimens. Especially noteworthy 

 is a lot of 1,385 plants of Guatemala, British Honduras, and Mexico, 

 sent for determination by Professor H. H. Bartlett, of the Depart- 

 ment of Botany of the University of Michigan. Most of these were 

 collected by Mr. C. L. Lundell, and they form a highly important 

 addition to the Museum's already large representation of the flora 

 of the Yucatan Peninsula. 



Besides the collections specifically mentioned above, the Museum 

 received through gifts and exchange much other valuable herbarium 



