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-Ctitskill, the Portage and Chemimg- faunas being absent. He also .sjjent 

 November and December in field work in the novaciilite area <»f west- 

 ern central Arkansas. In the office his time has been devoted largely 

 to the preparation of a paleobotauical si)ecies index. During the year 

 he has i)ublished two paprrs, which are based upon U. S. Geological 

 Survey and Museum material. 



Mr. F. H. Knowlton spent the months of July, August, and Septem- 

 ber in the Gallatin Valley, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park, 

 where he made collections of fossil wood and plant remains from the 

 Cretaceous. He has also continued his studies on fossil wood, and has 

 in preparation a paper on Paleozoic woods. During the latter i^art of 

 the year he devoted considerable time to the study of the cryptogams, 

 conifers, and monocotyledons of tlie Laramie Group, especially as rep- 

 resented in a large collection made in the vicinity of Denver, Colo. 



Prof. Wdliam M. Fontaine, of the University ofVirginia, has examined 

 and reported upon a small collection of Triassic idants from New 

 Mexico, detecting among them 3 new species. He has also completed 

 his studies of the Potomac flora, and the very large series of specimens 

 will soon be turue«l over to the National Museum. 

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