108 ANNUAL EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1912. 



In the series of Contributions from the National Herbarium (oc- 

 tavo) there appeared : 



Vol. 13, Part 11. The AUioniacese of Mexico and Central America, by Paul 



Standley. 

 Vol. 13. Part 12. New or noteworthy plants from Columbia and Central America, 



by Plenry Pittier. 

 Vol. 14, Part 3. The Grama grasses: Bouteloua and related genera, by David 



Griffiths. 

 Vol. 16, Part 1. Miscellaneous papers, by William R. Maxon, J. N. Rose, Paul 



Standley, and R. S, Williams. 

 Vol. IG, Part 2. Studies of Tropical American Ferns, by William R. Maxon. 



There were also published in completed form volumes 39, 40, and 41 

 of Proceedings, and a new edition of Bulletin 39, Part N. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



The i^ublications of the bureau are discussed elsewhere in the Sec- 

 retary's report. The editorial work is in the charge of JSIr. J. G. 

 Gurley. 



One annual report and two bulletins were issued during the year, 

 as follows : 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report, comprising the administrative report for the 

 year ending June 30. 1900, and a paper entitled " The Omaha Tribe," by Alice 

 C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche. Published 1911. Royal octavo. Pages 

 1 to G72, with 65 plates and 132 figures. 



Bulletin 47. A dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages, with thirty-one 

 Biloxi texts and numerous Biloxi phrases, by James Owen Dorsey and John 

 R. Swantou. Published 1912. Octavo. Pages i to v, 340. 



Bulletin 49. List of publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Pub- 

 lished 1911. Octavo. Pages 1 to 34. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVA- 

 TORY. 



There were no new publications issued by the Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory during the year. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



The annual reports of the American Historical Association are 

 transmitted by the association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and are communicated to Congress under the provisions 

 of the act of incorporation of the association. 



Volume 2 of the annual report for 1908, sent to the printer April 

 26, 1910, was published during the past fiscal 3^ear. On account of the 

 size of the work it was issued in two parts, pages 1 to 807, and 808 to 

 1617, and comprised Parts II and III of Texas Diplomatic Corre- 

 spondence, edited by the late Prof. George P. Garrison. 



