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Sintenisii, is known only from Porto Rico, and the third, AZ. 
umbellata, occurs in both the West Indies and Brazil. Specimens 
of the two last mentioned will be found at conservatory range 2. 
These are sometimes known as the West Indian ivy, from the 
habit of the sterile branches clinging closely to the bark of trees, 
or to the faces of cliffs, much after the manner of the ivies of 
temperate regions.—Geo. V. Nas 
Meteorology for January.——The total precipitation recorded 
for the month was 2.44 inches of which 1.25 inches fell as snow. 
Maximum temperatures were recorded of 53° on the 23d, 49° 
on the rgth, and 42° on the 3d and 9th. Minimum temperatures 
were recorded of —6° on the 12th, 3° on the 16th, 5° on the 7th 
and 5.5° on the 28th. 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM. 
1,083 specimens from western Cuba. (Collected by Mr. Percy Wilson.) 
65 museum i f i ] California. (Collected by Mr. H. B. 
Snyder.) 
2 specimens of mosses from the Everglades, Florida. (By exchange with Mr. 
George B. Kaiser. 
I specimen of Thelia hirtella from Greencastle, Indiana. (By exchange with 
Professor Howard J. Banker. 
200 specimens “‘Fungi Columbiani,” fascicles 35 and 36. (Distributed by Mr. 
Elam Bartholomew.) 
5 specimens of ferns frcm tropical America. (By exchange with Mr. C. Bel- 
hette. 
specimens of aide grandifiora from Alabama. (By exchange with Pro- 
ee Bradley is.) 
12 specimens a mosses from North America. (By exchange with the United 
72 specimens from British Columbia and the Hudson Bay region. (By ex- 
3,748 specimens from western Cuba. (Collected by Dr. John A. Shafer.) 
40 specimens of mosses from the Southern States. (Given by Dr. John K. 
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ecimens from New Mexico and Arizona. (By exchange with the United 
By exchange with Mr. Franz Stephan 
s. i.) 
2§ specimens of fungi from Lafayette, Indiana. (By exchange with Professor 
J. C. Arthur.) 
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