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jaws, and leg bones, of Leptauchenia, 

 and about twenty-five skulls each of 

 species of Hporeodon and Oreodon; a 

 skull, jaws, vertebra', and leg bones of 

 Cynodesnuis; skulls and miscellaneous 

 bones of Hyracodon. Mesohippus, 

 Hyaenodou, Daphaenus. and Lepto- 

 meryx, and representative bones of 

 three genera of rodents. These speci- 

 mens will be cleaned and mounted 

 during the winter months, and from 

 them it will soon be possible to make 

 a creditable exhibit, as a beginning of 

 a collection of ancient vertebrates." 



Correct Names of Seeds and Nuts. 



While visiting the Agassiz museum 

 recently at Harvard college we copied 

 a few names of Seeds and Nuts that 

 are frequently seen in the "curio" 

 draw of collectors. 



Following is the list from our note 

 book: 



Uura crepitans, cracking nut, from 

 Central and South America. 



Al'riis pncatorius. Black-eyed Sus- 

 ans, from the West Indies. 



Trapa lucoriiis, Chinese Horn Nnt 

 from China. 



lintada scandens. Liver Bean from 

 Florida. 



Xcluiiibo lidia. Water Chinijuapiu 

 from Bahamas. 



Cocos nucifcr, Cocoanut from Cey- 

 lon. 



Qmrctis macrocarpa, Burr Oak 

 Seed, Missouri. 



Cciatonia siliqua, St. John Bread, 

 from Egypt. 



Klius tvpJiiiia, called Staghorn Su- 

 mac. 



Snp/iiii/iis viargiiiatiis, a curious 

 Red Berry or Seed found at Shannon- 

 dale, Ind. 



Silai^iihlld priiigli-i. Resurrection 

 Plant from Mexico. 



Tectniia grundis. Teak Nut from 

 India. 



Tfioiiia radicans. Trumpet Flower 

 Pod. 



PliytcUplias macrocarpa. Vegetable 

 Ivory Nut, South America. 



Madura aiiraii/iaca, Osage Orange 

 Ball. U S. js^ 



Lecytlus Seeds, called Paradise 

 Nuts. 



Adansonia digitata, a curious round 

 nut from West Indies. 



Pornciaiia pulclirrri)iia, Ponciana 

 Pod from West Indies. 



lintada gigantca, curious Pod ir6xtt>^ 

 Antilles. 



If any of our subscribers have the 

 names of the Brown Banded Sea Bean 

 also Red and Black varieties, etc. we 

 should be pleased to have them. 



W. F. Webb. 



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