CONTENTS. 



FACE. 



Table of Contents iii 



List of Members. Revised to December 31, 1899: 



1. Patrons v 



2. Active Members v 



History of the Academy (Abstract) xiii 



Record. January 1 to December 31, 1899 xvii 



Papers Published. Januai-y 1 to December 31, 1899: 



1. A. S. Hitchcock. — Studies on subterranean organs. I. 



Compositae of the vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas. — 

 Platel. —Issued February 18, 1899 1 



2. Stuart Weller. — Kinderhook f aunal studies. I. The 



fauna of the Vermicular Sandstone at Northview, Web- 

 ster County, Missouri. — Plates *^II.-VI. — Issued 

 April 22, 1899 9 



3. Calvin M. Woodward. — The relations of internal 



pressure, volume, and temperature of an isolated mass 

 of perfect gas of uniform temperature and in equilib- 

 rium under the action of its own force. — Issued April 

 28, 1899 53 



4. Francis E. Nipher. — On gravitation in gaseous nebu- 



lae. — Issued May 1, 1899 61 



5. Carleton R. Ball. — Notes on some western willows. — 



Issued May 16, 1899 69 



6. L. H. Pammel. — Anatomical characters of the seeds of 



Leguminosae, chiefly genera of Gray's Manual. — 

 Plates-VII.-XXXV. — Issued June 29, 1899 91 



7. Francis E. Nipher. — On temperatures in gaseous 



nebulae. — Issued June 14, 1899 275 



8. Charles Thom. — The process of fertilization in Aspid- 



ium and Adiantum. — Plates XXXVI.-XXXVIII. — 

 Issued August 4, 1899 285 



9. Title Page, prefatory matter and index of Vol IX. 



Record from January 1 to December 31, 1899. — 

 Issued January 24, 1900. 



List of Authors 315 



General Index 316 



Index to Genera and Orders 319 



