ADDITIONS TO THE STATE MUSEUM DURING 

 THE YEAR 1881. 



APPENDIX A. 



I. Botanical. 



Eeceived from Mrs. S. M. Bust, Syracuse, N. Y., specimens of three 



species of flowering plants. 

 From Mary E. Banning, Baltimore, Md., a specimen of Pachyma 



Cocos, Fr. 

 From Lizzie G-. Barnett, Oannonsburg, Pennsylvania, specimens of 



Secotium Warnei, Pk. 

 From Eloise Butler, Minneapolis, Minn., specimens of Secotium 



Warnei, Pk. 

 From W. K. Gerard, New York city, N. Y., specimens of JEcidium 



Rusbyi, Ger., and Polyporus circularizes, Fr. 

 From J. B. Ellis, Newfield, N. J., specimens of five species of fungi. 

 From C. J. Sprague, Boston, Mass., specimens of Lecidea vescicularis, 



Hoffm., and Biatora globifera, Ach. 

 From S. H. Wright, M. D., Penn Yan, N. Y, specimens of six species 



of European fungi. 

 From E. 0. Howe, M. D., Yonkers, N. Y., specimens of two grasses 



and one sedge, one of the former being new to the herbarium. 

 From M. F. Merchant, M. D., Moravia, N. Y., specimens of Mitchella 



repens, L., with white berries. 

 From H. W. Barnum, Valley Falls, N. Y., a specimen of Trillium 



grandijlorum, Salisb. 

 From Prof. 0. E. Bessev, Ames, Iowa, specimens of Secotium Warnei, 



Pk. 

 From C. W. Irish, Iowa City, Iowa, specimens of Polyporus fraxino- 



philus, Pk., and Trametes Pechii, Kalchb. 

 From I. Cowles, Flushing, N. Y., a specimen of Opuntia Rafinesquii, 



Engelm. 

 From J. L. Bennett, Providence, R. I., specimens of one hundred and 



nineteen species of Carex. These were contributed in pursuance 



of an exchange commenced with the late Mr. S. T. Olney. 

 By collection of the Botanist sixty-seven species of fungi, of which 



forty are regarded as new species. 



