1888.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 459 
Prof. Edward L. Greene, University of California. 36 species of new or choice 
California plants. 
Prof. Thos. C. Porter of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 15 species of plants from 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 
Frank Tweedy, of U. S. Geological Survey. Erigeron Tweedyi Canby, a new 
species from Montana. 
Wm. M. Canby. 18 species of European plants, and 10 species from the mountains 
of North Carolina and Tennessee, including the rare species Senecio Rugelia 
Gr. and Buckleya distichophylla Torr. 
Miss Adele Fielde, of Swatow, S. China. Boehmeria nivea (L.) Hk. and Arm 
with specimens of its fibre and of fabrics woven therefrom; acorns of Quercus 
fissa Camp. 
C. McIntyre. Nut of Phytelephas macrocarpa, (Vegetable Ivory). 
Isaac C. Martindale. 32 species of North American and Ballast plants. 
Thomas Meehan and John H. Redfield, supplemented by proceeds of Academy 
Duplicates983 species of plants collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby mostly in 
Bolivia in 1885 and 1866, a large majority of them being new to the collection- 
J. M. Price through Wm. Hunt. 2 species of Australian Eucalypti, and 2 species of 
Australian Acacia, cultivated in California. 
Herbert Aldrich, Springfield, Mass., through Thos. Meehan. 5 species of Arctic 
Plants, from north-western coast of Arctic America. 
Dr. Geo. A. Rex and Dr. H. Wingate. 20th and 21st Centuries of Ellis and 
Everharts’ North American Fungi. 
Roberts LeBoutillier. Streptosolen Jamesonii, Miers, (cult.) a native of New 
Granada; Staphylea Cole hie a Stev. (cult.) and Symphytum asperrimum Sims, 
(Cult.) natives of Caucasus. 
Miss Frances Whitney. Fasciate form of Ranunculus bulbosus L. from Bryn 
Mawr, Pa. 
Aubrey H. Smith. 25 species of plants from mountains of western North Carolina 
and New Hampshire, and Carcx miliaris Mx. from Maine. 
Prof. N. L. Britton, Columbia College, N. Y. Aesculus arguta Buckley, Kansas, 
Corema alba L. Portugal; Hicoria alba (L.), Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) and 
Hicoria minima Marsh, from Staten Island, N. Y. 
Wm. H. Dougherty. Clianthus Dampieri A. Cunn, native of Australia and 
Leonotis Leonurus L. native of South Africa, both cultivated at Mt. Pleasant, 
New Jersey. 
John Donnell Smith. Specimens of Darbya umbellulata Gr. both pistillate and 
staminate plants. 
Prof. John H. Barbour, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. A/imulus luteus L., na¬ 
tive of California, established in fields, Norfolk, Ct. 
Wittmer Stone. Oxybaphus nvetigineus Sweet and Bromus sterilis L., introduced 
at Wayne Junction near Philadelphia; 41 species of vascular plants, 3 of Lichens 
and 23 of Algae collected by him in Bermuda. 
Miss Van Wyck. Leaf of Aponogeton fenestralis Hk, native of Madagascar, from 
Botanic Garden of Mauritius. 
Mrs. Lewars. Sarcodes sanguinea Torr. (Snow-plant) from California. 
Prof. Joseph T. Rothrock. 60 species of plants collected by himself in Manatee Co. r 
Florida, in spring of 1887- 
Jose N. Rovirosa. 100 species of plants from vicinity of San Juan Bautista, province 
of Tabasco, Mexico, of which 52 are new to the collection, 
Tohn H. Redfield. 266 species of plants collected by C. G. Pringle in province of 
Coahuila, Mexico in 1887, of which 123 are new to the collection ; 191 species 
collected by himself in New England and 220 species mostly from western 
stales to supply desiderata in the Herbarium. 
Plants (Fossil). 
L. Woolman. Sigillaria , Elkland, Pa. 
H. W. DuBois. Plant remains from the Trias of New Jersey; Sagenopteris t 
Newark, N. J. 
