LOAN LKLMIHH'TEIU ! fi5 



\oIvn <>Dt MM ll> i: of Nmlh America. 



I$Y M)K1) WALSINUIIAM. 



he kindness u\ my friend l'i ... ,,., |J | 



i 

 ■I Tiueida). containing in many ea - received 



from l ho authors by whom the sjioeii d scribed. This 



haw enabled me to put to«retl llowing notes, which may, 1 hope, 



I'ibuie in some sina • towards a rectih'catiou of synonymy, 



which in this extensive family, can by no means be hastily attempted. 

 § Among I he co i it to me were : — ■ 



I. Al fining a number of specimens from Prof. Fernalds 



own collection, some oi' which had been named and verified by comparison 



with an I hois types ; as well as a considerable number from the colli 



of the Anii ' in Knlouioloirical Society al Philadelphia, these latter being 



for ' lie most purl in d«i ded \ bad cond 



U. Two bti i I 'rut'. Fernald, 



ii from Miss Murtfeldl IV the neigh boil d nf Si. Li hi is. 



1 n a m e d . b u t n o t i n a 1 1 c ; i 

 '.',. Three 1 ; udh lent by I he Pe;il 



uing a number ol mens received sis i \ pes 



n M :-. ( 'hambers i many unpinned in ] 



! i of names ntly procured from 



Fernald ; and containing, moreover, a few types 

 I by Dr. Packard. 

 !. '! i leni by Mr. (Joodell of Amherst. Massachusetts, one 



W more of Mr. (Miambers's types, and two othvrs 

 i of. unnamed 

 5. A box k , by ProfV Riley from Washington, 



conlaii ' Mr. ( !hai ibers's speci nens 



ig marked a in the list which accompanied them, and several 



very interesting . which I understand to luivi been bred 



:ted by Pn h 



Wil h ore me my mil ■ I hat I have not been 



able to make more use of them. Several dim' ive presented them- 



selves, first, 'be cimens themselves has not. on the 



whole, been V( 



i I'iisunti fi ir tl 



