LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1885. 213 



Fossils. Ouo box coutaiuiuj^ spcciey ol Llio Iludsou Kiver Group. 



J. M. Teimbly, Eeiley, Butler County, Ohio. 16065. '85. (XII, A) 



Old Wheat, from Venezuela. 



E. Martinez, New Orleans, La. 1C066. '85. (Department of Agricnlture.) 



Ore. 



K. Ellingson, Virginia City, Mont. 16067. '85. (XIV) 



Cast of Stone Fire (carved) of greenish steatitic material, not unlike serpentine. It 

 presents the form of a tube surmounted by the figure of a duck. The original 

 was found in a mound at Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. 

 This very fine specimen is described and figured in Dr. Hamy's Meviie (VEthnograplde, 

 Vol. Ill, p. 60. 

 A. E. Douglas, New York. 16068. '85. (II, A) 



Eagle Eay, Sloanodon narinari, caught near Cedar Keys, Fla. 



E. F. Denechaud, New Orleans, La. 16069. , '85. (VII) 



Carp, Cijprinus carina. Two fresh specimens. 



Central Station, U. S. Fish Commission. 16070. '85. (VII) 



Ground Eobin, Pipilo erijthrophthalnms, typical. For name. Eeturned. 

 Ernest E. T. Seton, Toronto, Canada. 16071. '85. (V, A) 



Buffalo Wool. Manufactured. 



Ernest E. T. Seton, Toronto, Canada. 16071. '85. (I) 



Eenilla (dried), from 90 miles SE. by E. off Cape San Bias, 13 fathoms. 

 Silas Stearns, Pensacola, Fla. 16072. '85. (XI) 



9. Cheiranthus pygmceus Adams. (Hesperis pygmcBus Hook. ) From 50 to 1,000 feet 

 altitude. The specimens are young and mostly less than 2 inches high, the 

 largest 6 inches. A few found with stem and pods of two preceding years' 

 growth. 



10. Draba Mrta Linn. (D. arctica Vahl.) 2 to 3 inches high. 



11. D. rupestris E. Br. , 



12. D. alpina Linn. In flower June 16. 



13. Lychnis apetalaliinB . From the coast to 1,000 feet altitude. The specimens 



from 1 to 5 inches high, rarely 2 or 3 flowered. 



14. Lychnis triflora E. Br. With the preceding, the stem and leaves more 



pubescent, mostly 1 flowered, rarely 2 or 3 flowered. 



15. Arenaria Grcenlandi,ca Spving.'? In leaf only. 



Ifi. J. !;er»a Linn. var.. Mria. 200 to 1,000 feet altitude. 



17. Ccrastium aljmium Ijinn. (C Zawaiwrn Lam.) 



18. Stellaria longipes Goldie, var. Edwardsii T. & G. From the sea to 1,000 feet 



altitude. 2 to 4 inches high. 



19. Potentilla nivca Linn. Coast to 1,000 feet altitude. 2 to 5 inches high. 



20. P. nivea, var. qidnata Lange. 



21. P. pulchella E. Br. 



22. P. maculata Pourr. 



2:3. Dryas octopetala Linn. var. integrifolia. Coast to 1,000 feet altitude. 



specimens are 1 to 2 inches high, leaves mostly entire, sometimes liainute^y 

 toothed. The most common plant found, beds of acres in extent being 

 frequent, especially in the interior. Often with many petals. 



24. SaxifragaopposiUfoUalAn-a. Coast to 1,900 feet altitude. Flowers from 4 to 



9 petaled, varying from pink to dark purple. 



25. S.flagellaris Wil'ld. 1,200 to 1,800 feet altitude, generally 1 flowered. 



28. S. tricuspidata Eetz. Not found below 800 feet altitude. 2 to 4 inches high. 



27. S. ccespitosa Linn. 



28. S. nivalis Linn. Found between 800 and 1,200 feet altitude. Specimens 



mostly 2 to 3 inches high, some found as high as 6 inches. 



29. S. ccrnua Linn. From 200 to 1,800 feet altitude. 3 to 8 inches tall. 



30. *S'. rivnlaris Linn. var. hyperhorea Hook. 



31. Epilohium laiifoliiim Linn. Coast to 1,200 feet altitude. Found only ou 



rocky soil. Specimens from 2 to 4 inches high. 



32. JCrigeroii. miijloriislumn. Coast to 800 feet altitude, becoming larger a.t the 



higiicv alliliidcs. Spociinens 2 to 5 inches Iiigh, 



