PROCEEDINGS OF 
118 
[Nov. 
Box of Shells.— Ft 'om Benjamin C. Burt, Warwick, Orange Coun¬ 
ty, New- York. 
Fancy Box of Whalebone.— From the same. 
Whalebone ornamented.— From the same. 
One Five Pound Note, 1759, Pennsylvania.— From the same. 
One Dollar Note, 1775, Maryland.— From the same. 
One Unio, and several Geological Specimens.— From John R . 
Woods. 
Coins.— From Dr. Hanson Penn. 
Minerals.— From Joseph Fussell, Pennsylvania. 
Model of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.— From Selby Parker , 
Washington. 
Four Specimens of Limulus polyphemus, (Horse-shoe Crab.)— From 
W. G. Crunch. 
Great Heron, ( Ardea herodias.)—From Philip Stone. 
Fossils, (j Pectens,) from James River, Virginia.— From Wm. Knowles, 
Georgetown, D. C. 
For the Library. 
Observations on the tails of Halley’s Comet, &c.— From James 
Glenn. 
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, 
voh 1, No. 14.; vol. 2, Nos. 17, 18, and 19.— From the Society. 
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 
vol. 1, Nos. 1, 2 , 3 , 4, 5, 6, and 7.— From the Academy. 
Catalogues of Instruments. Makers: Wrightman, Boston ; Jones, 
London; Pixii, Paris.— From Rev. J. Carly, Georgetown Col¬ 
lege. 
Almanac, 1790.— From John S. Sayres, Alexandria, D. C. 
The following communication was read: 
St. Louis, October 21, 1841. 
Dear Sir: Allow me to present through you to the National Institute, of which 
I have the honor to be a corresponding member, a small collection of plants which 
I have made in this vicinity during the past season. I confine myself, for the pre¬ 
sent, to two genera; but I believe that you get them from me more complete than 
any one else has them. 
The genus Cuscuta, which has attracted my attention since several years, has 
