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A Eeport Upon Certain Collections of Phanrrociams Presented to the 

 State Biological Survey. By Stanley' Coulter. 



During the past year the Survey has come into possession of three collections, 

 embracing nearly one thousand species, which serve as a good foundation for the 

 proposed herbarium. The specimens are unmounted and provision should be 

 made in the near future for their permanent preservation. The collections, 

 while representative, contain but a scant series of duplicates, so that at present 

 the proposed distribution into sets is impossible. Much fuller collections must 

 come into the hands of the Survey before this work can be undertaken. 



The material has been derived chiefly from three sources : 



1. A collection of about 500 species, selected from the duplicates of the 

 herbarium of Purdue University. This represents for the most jiart forms of 

 general distribution, although containing such exceptional forms as Leacenworthia 

 3Iichau:iii, Sullivantia Ohionis and Brachychaeta cordata. 



2. A collection of 163 species from the Eev. E. .J. Hill, of Englewood, 

 Illinois. This collection is of especial value, since it is made up almost entirely 

 of plants of exceptional or limited distribution. A fuller idea of the value of this 

 collection may be gathered from an examination of the paper on Noteworthy In- 

 diana Phanerogams (these Proceedings, p. — ), to which reference is made. 



3. A collection of some 300 species from Mr. H. J. Clements, of Washington, 

 Daviess County. The collection of Mr. Clements was confined to the immediate 

 vicinity of Washington, and the extent of the collection, the accuracy of de- 

 termination and the completeness of the accompanying data are sufficient proofs 

 of Mr. Clements' aljility. As the collection stands for a new region, concerning 

 which it is extremely desirable to have a full knowledge, I have made from the 

 material furnished by Mr. Clements a jjrovisional list of the flora of the vicinity 

 of Washington. Some thirty sheets, chiefly Astern, are as yet undetermined. In 

 the work of studying this collection I have been greatly aided by Miss Alida M. 

 Cunningham, to whom the Survey is indebted for much critical work in the ex- 

 amination of Indiana forms. 



The sedges and grasses have passed through the hands of Prof. J. Troop, to 

 whom acknowledgment is thus made. 



Until such time as the Directors of the Survey have determined the foi'm in 

 which the State flora shall ajjpear it has been thought best to follow the nomen- 

 clature of Gray's Manual, sixth edition. 



