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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1007. 



Rose, Joseph X., and Painter, Joseph j Merrill, <;. P. (with Wirt Tassin). 



II. Morkillia, a new name for the 

 .melius Chitonia ; with deseription of 



a new species. 



Smithsonian Misc. rolls., I., May 

 1, 1907, pp. :::;:;!. 

 Contains descriptions of Morkillia 

 mexicana and I/, acuminata. 



— Cactus maxonii, a new cactus 



t'nuu Guatemala. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls. I.. June 

 15, 1907, pp. 63-64, pi. 6. 

 Contains description of ('tutus max- 

 onii Rose. 



Studies of Mexican and Central 

 American plants No. ."». 



Contr., I . S. \nt. Herb., 10, pt. .".. 

 Dec, fane, pp. 7'.i 132, pis. If. 

 43, figs. 1-6. 

 Contains descriptions of many new 

 Mexican plants. 



Smith. John Donnell. Undescribed 



plants from Guatemala ami other 



Central American republics, xxviii. 



Botanical Gazette, X<>. 12, Oct.. 



1906, pp. L".>'_' -300. 



Bnumeratio Plantarum Guatemalen 



slum aecnon Salvadorensium Ilon- 



durensium Nicaraguensium Costarican- 



sciiiii cpias edidil John Donnell Smith. 



Pars VIII. Index. Apr.. 1!M>7. 



Stejneger Leonhard. (See under 

 .Mammals. ) 



GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



Merrill, <;. 1'.. and others. Catalogue 

 of the type and figured specimens of 

 fossil vertebrates ; fossil plants ; min- 

 erals, rocks, and ores. 



Bull. U. S. \<it. Mas.. No. 53, pt. 

 ii. .tunc 26, 1907, pp. i— v, 1- 

 370. 

 This is the second volume of the 

 catalogue. The lists of minerals and 

 meteorites include these winch have 

 been the subject of special investiga- 

 tion and publication and are new in 

 the Department of Geology. 



On a new found meteorite from 

 Selma, I )allas < 'ounty, Ala. 



Proc. U. s. \at. \lits., wxii. No. 



1508, Feb. 7. 1907, pp. 59 61, 



pis. vi vii. 



Describes the occurrence and petro- 



graphic nature of a recently found 



stone from the localitj Doled. 



Notes on the composition and struc- 

 ture of the Hendersonville. X. ( !., 

 meteorite. 



PfOC. I . S. \<ll. MUS., X X X 1 1 , No. 



1511, Feb. 7. 1907, pp. 79 82, 



ids. VI I I -IX. 



(Jives the petrographic and chemical 

 composition of the Hendersonville 

 meteorite, the finding of which was 

 described by Prof. 1.. < '. Glenn, in 

 March. 1904. 



- (with Wirt Tassin). On the 

 meteorite from Rich Mountain, Jack- 

 son ( 'ount v. X. ( '. 



Proc. U. S. \ T at. Mas., xxxn. No. 



1524, Apr. 17. 1907, pp. 241- 



244, pi. xvi. 



Describes the phenomena of the fall 



and gives the mineral and chemical 



composition of the stone from the 



locality mentioned. 



- On a peculiar form of meta- 

 morphism in siliceous sandstone. 



Proc. I . s. \ni. Mas., xxxn. No. 

 1546, June 1.".. 1907, pp. ."47- 

 550, pi. in. 

 Describes a case of fusion and re- 

 crystallization of a siliceous sandstone 

 as found in the crater at Coon Butte 

 and supposed to lie due to the impact 

 of a meteorite. 



[Microstructure of the Elm 



('reek Aerolite]. The Elm Creek 

 Aerolite, by K. S. Howard. 



Am. .Imiiii. Sri.. A t h series, xxm, 



1907, pp. 380 381. 



The paper gives an account of the 



microstructure of a meteorite, the gen 



era! description of which is given by 



Mr. Howard. 



Tassin, Wirt. Note on an occurrence 

 of graphitic iron in a meteorite. 



Proc. I . S. Nat. Mas., xxxi. No. 

 14!»7. Nov. 14, 1906, pp. 573 



r.74. 



The paper gives the composition and 

 physical properties of a new graphitic 

 iron found in the Canyon Diablo me 

 teorite. 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



Bassler, Kay S. The Bryozoan fauna 

 of the Rochester shale. 



Bull. U. S. Oeol. Surr.. No. L".i2. 

 1906, pp. i iv. 1—137, i-iii. pis. 



1 XXXI. 



This bulletin treats of all the known 

 bryozoa of this Silurian formation of 



