282 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



In fully reaiizingf the fact that with advancing years ray active labors 

 as a collector and explorer are virtually finished, it is a pleasant reflection 

 that some of the results of my labors, here deposited in an Academy of 

 Science with which I have been from the first identified, and located in 

 my adopted home on the west bank of the Mississippi, may perchance 

 prove a source of assistance and encouragement to future botanists long 

 after the "gathering hand" shall be itself " gathered.''^ 



Respectfullv, your associate, 



C. C. Parry. 



The reports of the Corresponding Secretary, Librarian and 

 Curator were presented. The donations to the Library and 

 Museum were placed on the table, and the thanks ot the Acad- 

 emy voted to the donors. 



The Publication Committee reported that pages 253-276 ot 

 the Proceedings had been printed, bringing the record down to 

 date. Plates lY to XI had been lithographed and were partly 

 printed. 



The following papers were presented and referred to the Pub- 

 lication Committee : 



New Fossils from the Corniferous Formation at Davenport. 



BY prof. W. H. BARRIS, D. D. 



These notes are appended to the preceding paper on Geology* t<" em- 

 phasize some of the positions there taken. The fossils selected for illus- 

 tration are chosen with reference to the different classes therein enu- 

 mei-ated. 



ECHIXODEP.MATA. 



STEREOCRINUS (nov. gen.). 



GENERIC FORMTJLA. 



Basal plates, 3. 

 Radials, 2x5. 

 Supraradials, 2X5. 

 Brachials. 2 x 5. 

 Arms, 2x5. 

 Interradials, 2 x 5. 



Anal area undistinguishable from the interradial areas. 

 Summit slightly elevated. 

 Proboscis sub-central. 



Arrangement of plates such as to give a proportionately greater 

 breadth than height to the calyx. 

 The resemblance of the genus to that of Actinocrinus is very noticea' 



♦Ante, page 261. 



