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piirchased through Dr. T. Michelson of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology; they form a valuable addition to the sacred bundles from 

 other Indian tribes in the collections. 



The Department of Botany received the following important addi- 

 tions to its herbarium during the year: The highly valuable ''Centuriae 

 Species Blancoanse," distributed specially by the Philippine Bureau 

 of Sciences, to illustrate, by topotypic plants, the species treated by 

 Blanco in his Flora of the Philippines, and in addition to these 374 

 further Philippine species; ''Plantse Wilsonianae," 753 plants of China 

 and Japan; 457 Philippine plants from a series specially collected for the 

 Arnold Arboretum; the herbaritim of Professor Hall, formerly State 

 Geologist of New York, 1,311 plants representing the Flora of Troy, 

 N. Y.; Earl E. Sherff, 446 plants of Illinois; Dr. Robert Ridgway, 267 

 plants of Illinois; C. F. Millspaugh, 117 plants of Wisconsin, and 182 

 North Carolina; F. C. Gates, 390 plants of Michigan; Florence Beck- 

 with, 85 plants of Illinois; Walter Fischer, 299 plants of Argentina; 

 New York Botanical Garden, 363 plants of Jamaica (Harris); A. A. 

 Heller, 306 plants of California and Oregon; and Ira W. Clokey, 170 

 plants of Colorado. On accotmt of lack of preparatorial assistance for 

 poisoning and mounting specimens the additions to the herbarium fall 

 far below the usual annual quota. The regional distribution of fully 

 organized material added to the herbarium in 191 8, is shown in the 

 following tabulation: 



LOCALITY 



Added this 



Total in 



North America: 



Year 



Herbarium 







21 





... 3 



262 





... 3 



1,670 



United States: 









... 8 



1,468 





... 9 



8,221 





... 288 



25.583 





... 17 



33 







12.585 





... 38 



692 







4.754 







1.338 





... 44 



2,712 





... 5 



20,331 







3,995 







3,655 





... 833 



27,968 







6.943 





... 6 



546 





... 3 



1.373 



