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1. [[top margin in green]] GBY [[/top margin in green]] [[top margins in black]] I 8 upper Beyer Feb ' 86 S.J. 2 cops [[BY?]] 2 cops 3-9-86 [[/top margins in black]] [[top margin blue stamp]] S51760 [[/top margin blue stamp]] [[preprinted in red]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTUTITION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] March 4th, 1886. Professor S. F. Baird, Director of U. S. Nat. Museum. Sir, During the month of February a large collection of [[underlined in blue]] Mexican drugs and one of Japanese drugs were received and entered on the register. [[/underlined in blue]] These drugs are those that were exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition 1884 – 5. The [[underlined in blue]] Japanese drugs are well preserved [[/underlined]] and are [[underlined in blue]] labelled [[/underlined]] with botanical names. On the [[double underlined in blue]] other hand [[/double underlined]] the [[triple underlined in blue]] Mexican [[/triple underlined]] collection is labeled with [[underlined in blue]] common vernacular [[/underlined]] names and [[underlined in blue]] only a comparatively few of [[/underlined]] them could be [[underlined in blue]] recognized. [[/underlined]] The following is a complete list of them, viz.: I. Mexican Contrayerba Faban vegetal Panita Cost. sangre Tacatlaxcabl Yapotillan