S6 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



study of tlie compound ascidians of the North Pacific. Dr. Walter 

 Faxon, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

 asked for the loan of three crayfishes, for use in the preparation of a 

 paper, which was afterwards published in the Proceedings of the 

 National Museum. A specimen of Lithodes cequispinus Benedict was also 

 sent to Doctor Faxon for comparison with Japanese specimens. Seven 

 lots of crabs, for use in a report on the Crustacea of the western coast 

 of the United States, were sent to Mr. S. J. Holmes, Chicago, Illinois. 



From the Division of Plants, the following material has been lent: 

 To Mr. W. W. Ashe, State Geological Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina, 

 67 specimens of Asarum; to Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, New York, 385 specimens of Buhus and 1 specimen of Carex; 

 to Mr. C. D. Beadle, Biltmore, North Carolina, 68 specimens of Phila- 

 delphus; to Mr. T. S. Brandegee, San Diego, California, 1 specimen of 

 Cereus alamosensis, and 8 specimens of Cacti ^ to Dr. N. L. Britton, 

 Columbia University, New York City, 31 specimens of Nabalus, 1 speci- 

 men of Lacinaria, 1 specimen of Eiipatormm, 638 specimens of Asclepias, 

 2 specimens of Aster, 35 specimens of Ophioglossum, and 77 specimens 

 of Yiola; to Mrs. E. G. Britton, Columbia University, New York City, 

 17 pockets of mosses; to Prof. E. S. Burgess, Normal College, New 

 York City, 483 specimens of Aster; to Mr. George E. Davenport, Med- 

 ford, Massachusetts, 69 specimens of Mexican plants and 2 specimens 

 of ferns 5 to the director of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 

 54 specimens, mostly of Eryngium; to Mr. J. M. Greenman, Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, 92 Mexican plants, 49 specimens of Galium 

 and Belbunium, and 373 specimens of Mexican com j)ositi:Te ; to Mr. A. J. 

 Grout, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 199 specimens of Eurliynchium. 

 Mr. Theodor Holm, Washington, District of Columbia, received for 

 study 71 miscellaneous specimens of plants; Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, 

 Columbian Museum, Chicago, Illinois, 8 specimens of Mexican plants; 

 L. H. Pammel, Ames, Iowa, 153 specimens of plants; Dr. B. L. Robin- 

 son, Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 3 specimens of Ano da 

 and 157 specimens of other plants; Prof. W. W. Rowlee, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, New York, 124 specimens of Salix; Mr. 0. S. Sargent, 

 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 2 specimens of Populus; Dr. John K. 

 Small, Columbia University, New York City, 107 specimens of Eriogo- 

 num, 1 specimen of Styrax, 11 specimens of Scutellaria, and 7 specimens 

 of Cyrtopodiiwi; Prof. William Trelease, Missouri Botanical Gardens, 

 St. Louis, Missouri, 138 specimens of Lemna and 268 si)ecimens of Cro- 

 ton; Prof. L. M. Underwood, Columbia University, New York City, 8 

 specimens of fern allies and 15 sheets containing 34 j)ockets of Riccia. 



A collection of fossils belonging to certain species of the Hamilton 

 group, collected by Mr. C. Schuchert at Thedford, Ontario, was sent to 

 Prof. J. F. Whiteaves, Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Whiteaves is monograph- 

 ing the species of this locality. Some molars of Coryphodon were sent 

 to Prof. Henry L. Osborn to aid in his revision of the species of the 



