specimens are frequent in the Wallace collection. Yet Wallace, 

 working in practically the same region, occasionally has a species 

 which Ravenel had missed. Wallace's collection shows decidedly 

 the influence of Moses A. Curtis, specimens frequently being 

 identified by him. Wallace's collection largely dupHcates Rave- 

 nel 's, yet is not lacking in a destinctive value of its own. 



These two collections and that of Dr. Porcher, covering thor- 

 oughly as they do a limited area of the state, supply an excellent 

 foundation for a herbarium of South Carolina flora. Plans are 

 now made for the extension of the herbarium by collecting in 

 the upper part of the state. Ultimately the Museum hopes to 

 publish a catalog of the flora of the state as it has already done 

 of the birds. To facilitate this object a plant survey is being made. 

 Records of occurrence and seasonal data are filed on species cards. 

 Entries are made for all herbarium specimens. A second card, 

 known as the publication record form, bears page references to 

 published records for species within the state. 



To Mr. Memminger the Museum is indebted for assistance 

 on the biological survey and for much of the work of revision 

 of the Ravenel and Wallace collections. 



A statistical summary of the Museum herbarium made on May 

 16 gives the following figures: 



SOUTH CAROLINA COLLECTION 



Non-Flowering Plants 



Algae 25 



Fungi 462 



Lichens 94 



Liverworts 19 



Mosses 48 



Ferns 12 



660 

 Flowering Plants 



Ravenel herbarium 629 



Wallace herbarium 327 



Porcher herbarium 2 



Recent collection 146 



1104 



1764 

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