EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909, 



111 



401, 402, pi. LV. Ecliinocereus baileyi, a new cactus from Oklahoma. By J. X. 

 Rose. p. 403, pis. lvi, lvii. Nopalea lutea, a new cactus from Guatemala. 

 By J. N. Rose. p. 405, pi. lviii. Couzattia, a new genus of Ciesalpiniacese. 

 By J. X. Rose. pp. 407, 408, pi. lix. Two new species of Acacia of the series 

 Filicinfe. By J. N. Rose. p. 409. A new spleenwort from China. By William 

 R. Maxon. p. 411, pi. lx. 



FROM VOLUME 13 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIT-M. 



Part 1. Studies of tropical American ferns — No. 2. By William R. Maxon. 

 pp. i-vii, 1-43, pis. 1-9, one fig. 



classified list of papers based -vviiolly or ix part on the national 



collections. 



museum: administration. 



Rathbun, Richard. Report on the 

 progress and condition of the U. S. 

 National Museum for the year end- 



ing June 30, 1908. 



Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 

 {U. S. Nut. J/hs.), PJOS, 

 pp. 1-138. 



ETHNOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Adler, Cyrus, and I. M, Casanowicz. 

 The collection of .Jewish ceremonial 

 objects in the United States National 

 Museum. 



(U. S. yat. Mtis.), ms, 



xxxiT, No. 1630, Sept. 



28, 1008, pp. 701-746, 



pis. LX-CV. 



Contains a description of 230 



specimens of the Jewish section 



with an explanation of the beliefs 



and rites connected with them. 



Boas, Franz. Decorative designs of 

 Alaskan ueedlecases : A study in the 

 history of conventional designs, 

 based on materials in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Proc. U. 8. yat. Mus., 

 XXXIV, No. 161G, July 15, 

 1908, pp. 321-344, pis. 

 xxii-xxx, flgs. 1-16. 

 One of the characteristic ob- 

 jects of Eskimo art is the tubular 

 ivory or bone needlecase. It is 

 found wherever the Eskimo live, 

 and on account of its wide range, 

 the needlecase is subject to 

 graded variations of the primary 

 form, as though following the 

 modifications which plants and 

 animals undergo by changes in 

 environment, hence giving mate- 

 rial for an interesting study in 

 the history of conventional designs. 



Casanowicz, I. M. The collection of 

 rosaries in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xxxvi, No. 1667, April 

 17, 1909, pp. 33.3-360, 

 pis. 21-30. 

 A description of 104 rosaries 

 with a discussion of their nature 

 and use among the Hindus. Chi- 

 nese, Tibetans, Japanese, Moham- 

 medans, and Roman Catholics. 



Fewkes, J. Walter. [Report on ex- 

 cavations and repair of the Spruce 

 Tree House, ;Mesa Verde National 

 Park, Colorado, in May and June, 

 1908, to the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior.] 



Reports of the Superin- 

 tendent of the Mesa 

 Verde National Park 

 and J. 'Walter Fewkes in 

 Charge of Excavation and 

 Repair of Ruins to the 

 Secretary of the Interior, 

 1908. Washington, 1908, 

 pp. 15-30, pis. i-iv. 

 An account of the excavation 

 and repair of the Spruce Tree 

 House, one of the largest ruins of 

 the Mesa Verde National Park. 

 During the course of this work 

 an exhaustive study of every fea- 

 ture of the ancient pueblo was 



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