LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1885. 213 



Fossils. One box containing species of the Hudson River Group. 



J. M. Trimbly, Reiley, Butler County, Ohio. 160(55. '85. (XII, A) 



Old Wheat, from Venezuela. 



E. Martinez, New Orleans, La. 1G0G0. '85. (Department of Agriculture.) 



Ore. 



K. Ellingson, Virginia City, Mont. 1G067. '85. (XIV) 



Cast of Stone Pipe (carved) of greenish steatitic material, not unlike serpentine. It 

 presents the form of a tube surmounted by the figure of a duck. The original 

 was found in a mound at Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. 

 This very fine specimen is described and figured in Dr. Hamy's Iicvue d* Ethnographic, 

 Vol. Ill, p. GO. 

 A. E. Douglas, New York. 16068. '85. (II, A) 



Eagle Ray, Stoasodon narinari, caught near Cedar Keys, Fla. 



E. F. Denechaud, New Orleans, La. 16069. '85. (VII) 



Carp, Cyprinus carpio. Two fresh specimens. 



Central Station, U. S. Fish Commission. 16070. '85. (VII) 



Ground Robin, Pipilo crythrophthalmus, typical. For name. Returned. 

 Ernest E. T. Seton, Toronto, Canada. 16071. '85. (V, A) 



Buffalo Wool. Manufactured. 



Ernest E. T. Seton, Toronto, Canada. 16071. '85. (I) 



Renilla (dried), from 90 miles SE. by E. off Cape San Bias, 13 fathoms. 

 Silas Stearns, Pensacola, Fla. 16072. '85. (XI) 



9. Cheiranthus pygmceus Adams. % {Hesperis pygmoeus Hook. ) From 50 to 1,000 feet 

 altitude. The specimens are young and mostly less than 2 inches high, the 

 largest 6 inches. A few found with stem and pods of two preceding years' 

 growth. 



10. Draba hirta Linn. (D. arctica Vahl.) 2 to 3 inches high. 



11. D. rupestris R. Br. 



12. D. alpina Linn. In flower June 16. 



13. Lychnis apetala Linn. From the coast to 1,000 feet altitude. The specimens 



from 1 to 5 inches high, rarely 2 or 3 flowered. 



14. Lychnis triflora R. Br. With the preceding, the stem and leaves more 



pubescent, mostly 1 flowered, rarely 2 or 3 flowered. 



15. Arenaria Grcenlandica Spring.? In leaf only. 



1G. A. vcrna Linn. var. hirta. 200 to 1,000 feet altitude. 



17. Cerastium alp inum Linn. (C lanatum Lam.) 



18. Stellaria longipes Goldie, var. Edwardsii T. & G. From the sea to 1,000 feet 



altitude. 2 to 4 inches high. 



19. Potcntilla nivea Linn. Coast to 1,000 feet altitude. 2 to 5 inches high. 



20. P. nivea, var. quinata Lange. 



21. P. pulchella R. Br. 



22. P. maciMata Pourr. 



2*3. Dryas oclopetala Linn. var. integrifolia. Coast to 1,000 feet altitude. 



specimens are 1 to 2 inches high, leaves mostly entire, sometimes minuteiy 

 toothed. The most common plant found, beds of acres in extent being 

 frequent, especially in the interior. Often with many petals. 



24. Saxifraga oppositifolia Linn. Coast to 1,900 feet altitude. Flowers from 4 to 



9 petaled, varving from pink to dark purple. 



25. S.flagellaris Willd. 1,200 to 1,800 feet altitude, generally 1 flowered. 



26. S. tricuspidata Retz. Not found below 800 feet altitude. 2 to 4 inches high. 



27. S. ccespitosa Linn. 



28. S. nivalis Linn. Found between 800 and 1,200 feet altitude. Specimens 



mostly 2 to 3 inches high, some found as high as 6 inches. 



29. S. cernua Linn. From 200 to 1,800 feet altitude. 3 to 8 inches tall. 



30. S. rivularis Linn. var. hyperborea Hook. 



31. Epilobium lati folium Linn. Coast to 1,200 feet altitude. Found only on 



rocky soil. Specimens from 2 to 4 inches high. 



32. Erigeron unifiorus Linn. Coast to 800 feet altitude, becoming larger at the 



higher altitudes. Specimens 2 to 5 inches high, 



