Oct.  igoo. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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MAC  OWAN,  P.,  Cape  Town,  South  Africa. 
1  herbarium  specimen  (seeds  of  Cysticupnos  Africana) — South  Africa. 
MERRYWEATHER,  GEORGE,  601  The  Rookery,  Chicago. 
100  herbarium  specimens — North  Yorkshire,  England. 
MILLSPAUGH,  C.  F.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
24  specimens  fungi — St.  Croix  (collected  by  A.  E.  Ricksecker). 
2  economic  specimens — Illinois. 
MOHR,  CHARLES,  Biltmore,  S.  C. 
3  specimens  Cakile— Alabama  and  New  York. 
NATAL  BOTANICAL  GARDENS,  Berea,  Durban,  Natal. 
113  herbarium  specimens — South  Africa  (exchange). 
193  herbarium  specimens — various  localities  (exchange). 
NEW  YORK  BOTANICAL  GARDEN,  Bronx  Park,  New  York  City. 
781  herbarium  specimens — Montana,  Idaho  and  South  Dakota  (exchange). 
RICKSECKER,  ALFRED  E.,  Oberlin,  Ohio. 
20  herbarium  specimens — Island  of  St.  Croix. 
SMALL,  DR.  JOHN  K.,  Bedford  Park,  New  York  City. 
5  species  of  Cyperaceae — various  localities. 
SMITH,  JOHN  DONNELL,  Baltimore,  Md. 
186  herbarium  specimens — various  localities. 
SNYDER,  MRS.  MARY  S.,  Pacific  Beach,  Cal. 
9  sheets  Alga? — Pacific  Beach,  Cal. 
TRELEASE,  WILLIAM,  St.  Loui?,  Mo. 
1  specimen,  fruits  of  Cladium  Germanicum — Germany. 
UMBACH,  L.  M.,  Naperville,  111. 
852  herbarium  specimens — Lake  Michigan  Basin  (exchange). 
UNITED  STATES  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,  Washington,  D.  C. 
10  herbarium  specimens — various  localities  (exchange). 
WOOD,  HENRY  H.,  Chicago. 
1  complete  specimen  of  new  fibre  plant,  genus  Hesperalm— Mexico. 
YORK,  P.  H.,  Chicago. 
1  package  herbarium  specimens  (seeds  of  Tabasco  rubber  tree,  Hevea 
Guayanensis — Tabasco,  Mexico. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  GEOLOGY. 
(accessions  are  by  gift  unless  otherwise  designated.) 
ACHESON  GRAPHITE  CO.,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
1  specimen  Graphite  made  from  anthracite — Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
ATCHISON,  TOPEKA  &  SANTA  FE  R.  R  ,  Chicago. 
3  specimens  Celestite — Southwest  Texas. 
1  specimen  infusorial  earth. 
ED.  E.  AYER  PIONEER  HOSE  CO.,  Flagstaff,  Ariz. 
1  Canon  Diablo  meteorite,  weighing  76^  lbs. 
B1RGE,  CHAS.  P.,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 
24  specimens,  series  of  Quartz  Geodes — Keokuk,  Iowa. 
BRADBURY,  DR.  S.  M.,  Grand  Junction,  Colo. 
2  slabs  containing  fossil  insects — Grand  Junction,  Colo. 
1  specimen  fossil  leaf — Grand  Junction,  Colo. 
BRUCE,  M.  W.,  996  N.  Oakley  avenue,  Chicago. 
15  bones  of  Mammoth  and  species  of  Bos — Alaska  (loan). 
BUEHRMANN,  OTTO,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
2  specimens  sulphur — Rabbit  Hole  District,  Nevada. 
1  specimen  sulphur — Pecos  Valley,  Texas. 
