DEPARTMENT OF EECENT PLANTS. 193 



Dr. John W. Echfeldt, of Philadelphia, has identified several small 

 lots of Lichens from various localities. 



Dr. T. F. Allen, of New York City, has identified specimens of the 

 Gharacece on several occasions. 



Dr. George Vasey, botauist ot the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 has identified several small sets of grasses from various places. 



Prof. L. H. Bailey, jr., now of Cornell University and the well-known 

 authority on the genus Garex, kindly looked over the extensive mounted 

 material in the herbarium, and corrected several errors of determination 

 or synonomy, and Mr. Th. Holm, soon after his arrival in April, did the 

 same for the duplicate Garices. 



The papers published during the year by the curator and assistant 

 curator are noted in the Bibliography, Section ly. 



PRESENT STATE OF THE COLLECTION. 



Number of species in herbarium, June 30, 1887 17, 247 



Number of species added during the year 1, 161 



Number of species in herbarium, June 30, 1888 *18, 408 



Number of duplicate species, June 30, 1888, estimated 4, 500 



Number of duplicate specimens, June 30, 1888, estimated 10, 000 



Last catalogue entry in June, 1887 93 



Last catalogue entry in June, 1888 138 



*The total number of specimens in this Department is estimated at 38,000. 

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