1900.] ARCTIC LICHENS. 29I 



the herbarium of the Academy by Mr. E. L. Hankenson, of Newark, 

 N. Y. ; some collected by Judge Clinton of Buftalo, N. Y. ; a number 

 collected by Mr. A. J. Perkins in the Yosemite at an elevation of 4,000 

 feet ; and others collected in this vicinity by members of the Section. 

 The most interesting exhibit was a collection of arctic lichens gath- 

 ered by Lieut. Frederick F. Kislingbury, second in command of the 

 Greely expedition. These specimens were gathered at Distant Cape 

 on June 8th, 1882. After lying in the arctic regions for eighteen 

 years, they were forwarded by Captain Peary on dog sleds 250 miles 

 to the coast, and finally reached the hands of the brother of Lieut. 

 Kislingbury, Mr. John P. Kislingbury, of this city, who kindly pre- 

 sented them to the Academy. 



Mr, William Streeter made a few remarks upon this gift, as 

 follows : 



' ' Those of us who have been associated with the Academy of 

 Science, and especially with the Botanical Section, for many years, 

 will recall with sorrow the sad fate of that brave and gallant officer 

 and scientist, Lieut. Kislingbury. This Section was already under 

 obligation for a collection of wild flowers made by this officer on the 

 ill-fated Greely expedition, and presented by his brother to the 

 Academy. And now we are still further indebted for a similar col- 

 lection of Lichens, which in themselves make a pathetic appeal to 

 every one at all interested in science for remembrance of that able 

 and energetic explorer and collector. 



"That these relics, after remaining in such an inaccessible place 

 for eighteen years, should at last be recovered by Captain Peary and 

 find their way to friends as a message from the dead seems little less 

 than a miracle. And the excellent condition of these specimens, col- 

 lected and preserved with so much care, testifies to the skill and 

 devotion to science of the brave explorer, even while facing untold 

 peril and in direst extremity. We cannot look upon this collection 

 without a feeling of respect and reverence for the one whose labor and 

 suffering made such a contribution to science possible." 



Sections of lichens showing their structure, spores, and fruit, 

 were exhibited by Mr. Streeter and Mr, Baxter, with the aid of 

 a large number of microscopes, and charts prepared by Mr. and Mrs. 

 A. J. Perkins showing on an enlarged scale Usnea barbata and 

 Graphis scripia, served to made clear the reciprocal relations of algal 

 and fungal tissues. 



