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SY 2 Copies [[?G]] 2 copies 6-1-86 Beyer I 8 upper April '86 [[blue stamp]]SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Division of Correspondence RECEIVED MAY 3 - 86 [[/stamp]] [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE WASHINGTON[[/preprinted]] May 3rd 1886 [[blue stamp]]S53465[[/stamp]] Professor S. F. Baird, Director of U.S. National Museum. Sir, During the month [[underlined in blue]] of April [[/underlined]] the following [[underlined in blue]] specimens were entered on the register: [[/underlined]] a. Received from Dr. E. Palmer, Persea caroliniensis Artemisia mexicana Tagetes micrantha Coursetia(?) mexicana Tagetes lucida Rattlesnake's skin Ficus _______ ? Armadillo shell Gnaphalium polycephalum. Salvia scorodonifolia Hilaria cenchoides Pycnanthemum albescens Cedronilla cana Macrosiphonia hypoleuca Liatris odoratissima Erythraea tridentata Elionurus candidus Yerba del Indio Xariwinskia humboldtiana [[Contanie?]] latifolia