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From H. GiLLMAN, Detroit, Mich. 

 Specimens of three species of Lemnace?e. 



From M. S. Bebb, Fountain dale, 111. 

 Specimens of five species of western Plants. 



From Eey. H. A. Eiley, Montrose, Pa. 

 Specimens of the very rare, white-flowered Verhascum Tha/psns L. 



From S. B. Woolwoeth, LL.D., Albany. 

 Specimens of five species of Flowering Plants from Colorado. 



From Hon. A. S. Johnson, Utica. 



Specimens of Agaricus hombycinus Schseff., and Lycoperdon cyathi- 

 f or mis Bosc. 



From Hon. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo. 

 Specimens of sixty species, mostly Fungi, and several new to science. 



From C. Devol, M. D., Albany. 



A piece of the wood of one of the mammoth trees of California 

 {Sequoia gigantea)^ which measured " one hundred feet in circum 

 ference, four hundred and fifty feet in height, and was two thou 

 sand years old." 



From G. W. Pine, Herkimer, ]^. Y. 

 Bark, Cone and Leaves of Sequoia gigantea Decaisne, California. 



II. By Collection. 



By the Botanist. 

 Three hundred and one species of Plants, of which two hundred 

 and ninety-nine are new" to the State, and eighty-seven are new to 

 science. 



III. TO THE GEOLOGICAL AKD MIXER ALOGICAL 

 DEPARTMENT. 



I. By Donation. 

 From W. L. Baldwin, Gilboa, N. Y. 

 Two fine specimens of Fossil Plants of the Hamilton Group. 



