LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY THE U. S. S. ALBATROSS IN 1887-'91 ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF AMERICA.
The Division of Botany lws fhHH time to time reportl'el upon coHee-
tiolls made by tbe .lllblttroJl.'t in it:') val'ious ('·rni~c:-: a1oll!! the AJHCI'i(~aJl
coast, and among Ute islalllh; of the Pacific. The collt'ction::l here C1I11-
meratt~d were made at val'ious t.iIllC:';, Bxhmdillg al'; fa.r bac:k ax 188-7. Th~
first ailul Reco1J(1 parts art: reports hy 1\11'. J. N. Hose on collectiolls lIIade by Prof. Alexander Aga~l'i:r.' 011 Om'os aud the Galal'agHs islallds; the third part is a list of 1'1.'1'11:'; froln southern Patagonia, which have hpcn
determilled by Prof. /lallicl V. E"(OIl, of Yale Uullel(ej the fOlll"("10 I.al"t
is a report 011 the 1lI0SSeR frolll Fuegia and Patag-onin, also hy Prot'.
Eaton, giving notes, sywmymy, amI bihliog'I':.'1thy, oesid(!s the th~s('I'ip
tioll of a new !-tpecies; the fifth pa.rt. iH a. lit-it of' LiverwOl'tl'/, frollL sonth- ern Patagonia, by 1\£1'. A. 'V. J·:nl.lI~, with d,·:.;erij,tiom; aud iIIn:.;tl'at.ions of two IIOW species; tlle sixth part eOlltllillH n. Hhol't Jist of the 1ithellH from Hontltern Patagonia hy .1. W. Ecklillclt, of Philadelphia.
All th e material npon whieh these reports al'~ based has Ul'CH
moulltL~1 and preserved in t.he ~atiol",l IIcrbadum.
1. LIST OI-' rr,AXTS Jo"mH[ VOCOS ISLAND.
H.Y .J. N. HOSE.
The fow plants here tmUlDerat·etl worc gotten hy Mr. A1ex311cler Agassiz ill 18Hl, who StelllS tH have :,;pCllt Imt a. single (la.y (February 28) 011 t,his island.
This i81aIitl lict-i :-iout.hwcsf, (If J'armlll<\ :I.hout ;"iU() lIlilt~S, ill h~titude 50
35' amI longitulle 87° .
IpomO!la pea-caprce t;wcwt.
Epidendrum 8p. Thl\~e 8pcciuwn8 hav(~ IwithQl' flower lIor fl'uit.
Paapalnm vaginatum :-iwnrtz.
Polypodinm 8)1. 'l'hnlo cliffllrent ~ll()de8 woro l,.htahH!ll.
NephrodJum pectinatum PI'IMI. J havo nut ;u\(~n HJH)l'imon~ of thiM 6]llwif'H, and it
is clonutflllly wIenett hero.
Meteorum patena t Dozy anc\ MolkonhoBT. "This S\~l'm~ t,(.1I1\ ,IT, palclll1 (If Dozy :l.UU ~11)lk('lllJoer) jltltJ.,:'iu,c:' hy tll(~ir 'i~llI'I~; hll(. it iRHO' the .... lInn ft.~ tbt; Wilke.'J!
expollir.ioll 141,,~cilllcn nor (;, 'Vri:.rht'll frolIl Culm. Tlwso hllYil a Mh()rtl~rJ roundecl.
and fiatt"r leat: M. flH"llItII/, fl'HID ,J:ln., i!'l lL gl)ucI cielt.) like tho COC08 ]8lnnll speciw<ln."-D. C. E.
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I A Inn Rccount of I'rof, AgaMsi7.'f4 ('mi80 il:! to be.' found in tho BuBet.in of COlU- parative Zoology of Hnn·ard College, Yo1. xxi.ii, No.1.
2 Determined uy Daniel C. Enton.
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