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REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



A collection of 2,318 specimens from Minnesota made by Dr. J. H. Sandberg, wbo 

 was employed as special agent. 



A set of 130 species of Washington plants from Mr. Snksdorf, obtained by pur- 

 chase. 



A collection of about 200 specimens obtained by Mr. L. H. Dewey in Texas and 

 Arizona. 



A collection of about 300 specimens from F. W. Thurow, of Texas. 



A collection of about 200 species received in exchange from the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. 



A set of 300 species obtained by Mr. Dan. McDougel iu Arizona, who was em- 

 ployed as special agent. 



A large collection of mosses and hepaticea?, numbering above 2,000 specimens, has 

 been received from Dr. L. M. Underwood; also ten decades of United States hepati- 

 cese 



Accessions received (htring the year throiif/h tlie Smithsonian Institittioii. 



*Primarily sent for examination and report. 



Of tliese forty-four accessions from the Smithsonian Institution the 

 following are the most important: 



No. 2.3857, a collection of 910 species of dried plants from the Eoyal 

 Botanic Garden, Calcutta, India, sent through Dr. G. King, superin- 

 tendent of the garden, 



No. 23778, a collection of 37 species of Norwegian mosses from Dr. I. 

 Hagen, Tiondhjem, Norway. 



