58 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM,- 1885. 



In March a package of plants was received from A. E. Fellows, 

 Colorado, for botanical determination. They were found to consist of 

 specimens of Aplopappus Fremontii, and the desired information was 

 forwarded to Mr. Fellows. 



In May a revised edition of the Catalogue of Materia Medica was 

 received and a number of copies distributed. 



A paper on the action of cocaine, atropine, and caffeine by the cura- 

 tor of this section was prepared and printed in the July number of the 

 American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Also a paper on " The in- 

 fluence of variations of temperature upon the rate and work of the heart 

 of the slider terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). 



In June the assaying of all the cinchona barks in the collection was 

 begun. 



The present state of the collection is shown in the following state- 

 ment: 



Number of specimens on register 4, 490 



Number of specimens exhibited , 3, 222 



Number of duplicates 300 



Number of last entry in 1884 • 53,669 



Number of last entry in June, 1885 53,716 



