74 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



n.-PALEdZOIC PLA.NT TYPES PREVIOUSLY IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION. 



III.— SUMMARY. 



Lacoe collection 



Already in the Museum collection . . . 



Total 



Number of original types in the Lacoe collection 575 



Number of original types previously in the Muneum collection 102 



Total number of original types of Paleozoic plants 677 



The collections of this department are also to be enriched by Mr. 

 I. H. Harris, of Wayuesville, Ohio, who has siguitied his intention of 

 presenting to the ISTational Museum his magnificent series of fossils. 

 This collection is the result of the labors of Mr. Harris during the past 

 fifty years, and is very rich in rare fossils, such as trilobites, crinoids, 

 and starfishes. It includes also a fine collection of mollusca from the 

 upper portion of the Cincinnati formation. Mr. Harris and Mr. Schu- 

 chert are engaged in the preparation of a monograph of American 

 fossil starfishes, based upon this material. 



The present condition of the paleontological collections and the 

 progress made in coring for and installing the material are indicated 

 in the following extract from the report of the assistant curator, Mr. 

 Charles Schuchert: 



Much of the time during July was devoted to prepariug the Zeuglodon material 

 gathered by the assistant curator last year. It was chiefly from this material that 

 the restoration of Zeuglodon was prepared for the Atlanta Exposition. During 



