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different Geological and Geographical Surveys of Lieuts. Wheeler 
and Hayden and of Major Powell. A set of the plants of Cali- 
fornia collected by Keege and Harford in 1868 and 1869. 
Various sets collected by .G. Lemmon in California and 
Arizona; of Messrs. Howell hd Cusick in Oregon; of Mr. W. 
N. Suksdorf i in balay tale ae ae Mr. G. R. ees in 
mer in Mexico, Arizona and Utah; of Drs. Parry and Palmer 
in Mexico : of Mr. C. R. Oreutt of San Diego; of the Parish 
Brothers i cm Southern California ; the collection of G. R. Vasey 
in Alabama and North Carolina and the numerous fascicles of 
Prof. A. H. Curtiss of Florida, ion of Mr. J. Reverchon of 
Texas, od numerous contributions from the south and west. 
or contribution, plants of Sweden collected by Mr. Oldberg ; 
plants of France, Italy and Algiers, also a set of Bourgeau’s 
plants of Mexico, ‘collected in 186 5—’66, from the Herb. Museum _ 
of Paris; and the | arge European collection of Mr. J. Moggridge 
communicated through Dr. Gray ; and portions of the collection 
of the late J. Gay of France 
The plants of the eastern portion of the United States are rep- 
resented by a set from the collection of Mr. Oakes of New Eng- 
land ; pais of Pennsylvania from Prof. Porter, Mr. J. MacMinn, 
and rber, together with minor contributions, exchanges 
and ie local collections. 
Colorado plants are represented by some of the collections of 
E. Hall, and of H. N. Pa casio and G. W. Letterman, besides 
those of the government collect 
Of special collections 7s a is a set of the Juncacee of the 
U.S. by Dr. G. Engelmann ; the Carices Boreali-Americane by 
Prof. Olney ; the ferns of Trinidad by Mr. A. Fendler, and a 
type set of N. Amer. Willows by Mr. Bebb. 
Of mosses there are the large European collections from Mr. 
R. Oldberg, Dr. Gattinger, Paul Reinsch, and others, as well as 
the mosses collected on the Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition, elab- 
orated by Mr. W. S. Sullivant, and a set of the Musci, Alle- 
ghaniensis of Mr. Austin 
ichens there is a considerably large collection from the 
various ceeelikices and surveys of the government, supplemented 
by donations from Mr. J. Wolf, Dr. Ravenel of South Carolina, 
and some centuries of the European collections of Rabenhorst 
and Fries 
The Alge of the Herbarium are largely those of the Wilkes’ 
