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  • Croton glandulosus L. var. glandulosus

    Collection Date
    20 Dec 1940
  • Opuntia mesacantha Raf. subsp. mesacantha

    Collection Date
    1912
  • Hyla squirella

    Collection Date
    1875
  • Coryphantha vivipara var. arizonica (Engelm.) W.T. Marshall

    Collection Date
    1904
  • Arbacia punctulata

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    15 Mar 1885
  • Rim And Body Sherds

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    18 Oct 1957
  • Cylindropuntia x kelvinensis (V.E. Grant & K.A. Grant) P.V. Heath

  • Engineering in American society, 1850-1875 by Raymond H. Merritt

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    1969
    [1969]
  • Pagurus longicarpus

    Collection Date
    7 Jul 1905
  • Plethodon cinereus

    Collection Date
    9 Jun 1970

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