Additions to the Museum. 19 



From H. Willey, New Bedford, Mass. 

 Twenty -six species of Lichens, seven of which are new to the State. 



From W. K. Gerard, Poughkeepsie, IS". Y. 

 Fourteen species of Fungi, twelve new to the State and five new 

 species. 



From Hon. G. W. Clinton, BuflPalo, IST. Y. 

 Twenty -eight species of Plants, nearly all Fungi, and all new to the 

 State ; nine are new species. 



III. TO THE GEOLOGICAL AND MINEEALOGICAL 



DEPAKTMENTS. 



I. By Donation. 

 From. Col. T. J. Parker, Gowanda, N. Y. 



Sandstone from the Chemung Group, containing Spirifera ver- 

 neuilii. 



From L. W. Nichols, Troy, N. Y., through T. L. Harison. 



Specimens of Bicculites ovcttus Say and of Gyprina f from 



Cretaceous beds on the Missouri river in Dakota. 



From Charles Yan Benthutsen, Albany, N. Y. 



Infusible material resulting from the reduction of Split Rock Iron 

 Ore, taken from the Corning Blast Furnace in January, 1872. 



From W. C. H. Sherman, Newburgh, N. Y. 

 Polished Iron Ore (Slikensides), from the Forest-of-Dean Mine. 



From Wm. H. Bogart, Aurora, N. Y. 

 Orthoceratites, from the Hamilton Group, Aurora, N. Y. 



From Louis Ballin, Albany, N. Y. 

 Calcareous tufa, from the Hartz mountains, near Elrich, Prussia. 



From Benj. Rtjffner, Carlyle, Clinton Co., 111. 



Block Coal, from a deposit covering one thousand acres to the depth 

 of fourteen to twenty-one feet, in Lincoln county, Missouri. 



From Mrs. Jeremiah Yan Rensselaer, through T. L. Harison, Esq. 



A collection of Minerals, Rock Specimens, Fossils, etc., made by 

 Dr. Jeremiah Yan Rensselaer. 



