418 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1880. 



Dr. W S. W. Riischenberger, Dione lupinaria,, San Bias. 



Prof. D. S. Sheldon. Physa gyrina, yonng, Davenport, Iowa. 



Hon. F. E. Spinner. Seven lots of marine shells (fifty -six spe- 

 cies) from the month of St. John's River. Fla. 



U. S. Fish Commission. Fifty-fonr species of marine MoUusca 

 from the New England coast, 



H. A. Ward (purchased). Glass models of six species of 

 Cephalopods. 



J. F. Whiteaves. Eight species of fluviatile and marine sliells, 

 from Queen Charlotte's Isl. and Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 



The Vice-Director takes much pleasure in reporting to the 

 Academy the continued prosperity of the botanical department, 

 which, in fact, is qnite equal to all that can be expected of it, 

 until, by the good fortune of an endowment, funds can be supplied 

 regularly to extend its work. Meetings have been held every 

 month throughout the year except July and August, at each of 

 which valuable communications have been made by various mem- 

 bers. Some of the more important of these have been communi- 

 cated to the general meetings of the Academy, and have found a 

 place in its published proceedings. 



The Section now consists of thirty-one members, one having 

 been added during the year. 



The Conservator's report to the Section of the condition of the 

 Herbarium has been adopted by tlie Section as its report to tlie 

 Academy, and is as follows : — 



The accessions to the Academy's Herbarium during the past 

 year have been large and valuable, and the mounting and distri- 

 bution of the plants received have made large demands upon the 

 time of the Conservator and of the members of the Section who 

 have kindly aided him. 



Among the valuable contributions received were the collections 

 of the late Dr. Charles Pickering, made in the years 1844-5, during 

 a journey to Malta, Egypt, Arabia and India, and presented to the 

 Academy by his widow, Mrs. Sarah S. Pickering. The number 

 of species is estimated at about 1500, and, as none of them were 

 named, the labor of distributing them in their proper natural 



