Appendix 11. 

 publications of the year. 



SMITIISOMAN CONTKIliUTIONS TO l\N'( tWLKDGE. 



Of tliis series, no work lias ln-tu piihlislied during tlio piiMd year. A memoir ou tbe 

 arcbieoli'gy of Nortii America lias been for several years in course of i>rei>aration by 

 Dr. Cliarlcs Jiaii, tiie late curator of tbe departiiuiit of Pre-bistoric Auti<iuities, and 

 several ibousaiul dollars bave been expended in tbe production of drawings l»y Mr. 

 C. F. Trill and otbers, undtn- Dr. Kau's direction, for tbo puri^tse of [iroperly illus- 

 trating tbe work. Dr. Kau's illness at tbe beginning of tbe past fiscal yeai', ami bis 

 deatb in July, 18S7, bave arrested tbo progress of tiiis undeitakiug. Tbe untinisbe<l 

 work will, bowever, betaken u[) by bis successor, Mr. Tbouuis Wilson, and piosecMited 

 to an early com[)letion, and it is not improbable tbat tbis work may bo i)ul)lisbed in 

 the above series. 



SMimSONIAN MISCKl LANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



Of tbis series tbree volumes bave been jiublisbed during f be year, besides sev^eral 

 i ndei)endent treatises. Taking tbese in tbe order in vvbicb tbey appear in tbe printed 

 lists, tbey are as follows: 



T)'.)!. " Synoptical Flora of Nortb America: TbeGauujpetabe ; beiug a second edition 

 of Vol. I, Part II, and Vol. ii, Part i, collected," by Asa Gray, LL. D. Of tbese two 

 portiims, tbe earlier — tbe last part of tbe proposed first \olume — comprises 480 pages, 

 and tbo latter — being tbo commencing part of tbe proposed second volume — coni- 

 l)rise8 4'Jl jjages ; forming iu Ibe aggregate, witb introductory matter, an octavo vol- 

 ume of [^>^(i pages. As long as forty years ago, Dr. Gray, iu co-operation witb Dr. 

 Torrey, undertook a comprebensivo classification of fboNoitb Anieiicau flora, wbicb, 

 bowever, never was completed, stopping witb a synoi)sis of tbe iK)lyi)etalou8, and 

 about balf tbe gamopetalous divisions of tbo Dicotyledons, or to tbe close of tbe 

 on\fr of Cotiiposild: Ambitious of recfuistructing and completing tbe long contem- 

 jdated work. Dr. (Jray, postponing tbo first part of Vol. i (tin* I'oh/peialw), bas taken 

 up, for tlu^ second part of tbo volume, tbe (iamopctalw as far as tbo compb'tion of tbe 

 CompunHo', and bas continued tbe remaining ordeis of tbo (iamoi)eta!ai as tbo first 

 l>art of tbe succeeding volume. Tbe lamented deatb of tbe autlior bas left bis great 

 work still uufinisbed; tbo tbird division of tbe Dicotyknbms (tbe ApetaUr), and tbe 

 Mouoctyledous baving been designed to form tbesecoiul jiart of Vol. ii. Tbo present 

 twodetacbed portion.s of successive volumes, bowever, bave a unity iu being occupied 

 entirely witb tbo Giimopelahv, and tbey constitute a full and systematic descriptive 

 catalogue or synoi)si8 of tbis great division. 



Several tbousand dollars bave, been exi»eiided liy t\ni Institution in furtbering tbis 

 important botanical work, wbicb ]»robably cost tbo autlior nearly as miicli more. In 

 consid(!iation of tbis. Dr. Gray was allowe<l to issue fur bis own benefit a firsti'dition 

 of tbe work of .'')00 copies before tbe Int-titution attempted to ]>tiblisb itsown edition, 

 wbi(;b bas tbus only lately appeared. 



"Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. xxxi."' Tbis volume is occupi<!d witb tbe two 

 jiarts of tbe " Flora of Nortli America, "' by Dr. Asa Gray, just described ; a separate 

 edition of 500 coiiies of tbo work baving been issued as "No, TjUI," for ^pe^•ial dia- 



