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Additions to the Cryptogamic Flora of Indiana. By J. C. Arthur. 



It was not ray privilege to be present at the meeting of the Academy a year 

 ago, at which time I was appointed to take charge of a part of the work of the 

 Biological Survey of the State. No official notice of my appointment has ever 

 reached me, and no material appertaining to the Survey, such as herbarium spec- 

 imens upon which the work of the Survey is based, reserve or duplicate speci- 

 mens for exchange, books, circulars, extra copies of lists already reported, etc., 

 have yet been turned over to me, if, indeed, such exist. This state of affairs has 

 caused some doubt in the mind of the writer as to the exact degree of responsi- 

 bility which has fallen to him, and some uncertainty as to the scope of the work 

 he is expected to superintend. 



Some good intentions of the earlier part of the year, to send out appeals to 

 the botanists of the State for their support and active cooperation, were allowed 

 to remain in embyro. A year has thus passed, and no special effort has been 

 made to further the interests of the Survey. But the writer desires to state most 

 emphatically, and he would do it orally were he able to be present at the current 

 meeting of the Academy, that this lack of activity is not due to a want of sym- 

 pathy with the aims of the Survey or unwillingness to give as much effort to the 

 work as time and opportunity permit. 



The following list of species is the result of setting aside such specimens as 

 came to my attention during the year, that have not appeared in the previous 

 lists of the Survey. They have been handed to me by various persons, but all 

 residents of Lafayette, in part members of the University and in part citizens of 

 the town. It includes all classes of cellular cryptogams coming to hand except 

 Ur&lineip, which are reported in a paper to be presented by Miss Lillian Snyder. 



It is to be hoped that at the next annual meeting a far larger showing can be 

 made, although the present list is by no means uninteresting. If every collector 

 will send to the writer whatever may come in his way, whether its value is known 

 or not, it will be easy to greatly extend the list, and in this way to distribute the 

 labors of the Survey so that it will not be burdensome, and, indeed, may yield a 

 measure of scientific profit to the participants. 



alg.e. 

 Cladophora (jlomerata (/enuina Kirch. 



On wood in Wabash River. Tippecanoe 10, 1896 (R. I. Hight.) 

 Chamii'siphon confervicola A. Br. 



On Hydrodictyon, Spirogyra and other alg;e. Tippecanoe 11, 1896 (Miss K. 

 E. Golden). 



