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hi Birbhxim, Berhampur, Dinajpur, and in the districts of Garhwal, 

 Simla and Kunawar in the Western Himalaya. This collection con- 

 tains few duplicates, and many of the specimens are in a bad state 

 of preservation, bnt it is very valuable, because the locality of every 

 specimen is carefully marked on a ticket attached to the plant, or 

 written on the sheet of paper in which it is enclosed. The Saugor and 

 Himalayan collections are the best. Both contain many plants which 

 were unknown to botanists at the time these collections were, formed, 

 but which have since been discovered by subsequent collectors and 

 published in various works. 



8. A small collection of Ceylon plants presented to the Garden by- 

 Mr. J. Watson in 1836, contains no duplicates. 



9. Mr. Griffith's collections. — Two complete sets of these most valua- 

 ble collections were sent to England, and are (I believe) in the India 

 House. The triplicates remained with Dr. M c Clelland during the time 

 that he was occupied in the publication of Mr. Griffith's posthumous 

 papers, and were transferred by him to my charge in 1856. A small 

 collection, chiefly of Afghan and Malacca plants, has been in the Gar- 

 den Herbarium since 1848. Those received in 1856 consist partly of 

 garden plants selected by Mr. Griffith for himself from the Garden 

 Herbarium, but mainly of more or less complete sets of the collections 

 made by Mr. Griffith on his several journeys. The specimens retain 

 in many cases the original tickets and are carefully numbered. The 

 numbers correspond with those of Griffith's c Itinerary Notes,' published 

 by Dr. M'Clelland. None of the series are complete, but the number of 

 Afghan and Khasia plants is much greater than that of Bhotan or Mishmi 

 ones. There are also a great many excellent specimens from Malacca, 

 and a few from the Coromandel Coast. The collection contains like- 

 wise a considerable number of specimens from Sambalpore collected by 

 the late Major Kitto, some specimens from the Carnatic collected by 

 Mr. Griffith soon after his arrival in India, and a few of the numbered 

 specimens of the Wallichian Herbarium, which Mr. Griffith seems to 

 have brought with him from England. 



10. A small collection, made by Lieutenant Parish, in the district of 

 MYmdi in the Punjab Himalaya, during the cold season of 1847-48. 

 The Ferns of this collection are numerous and 2:00c! . 



11. A large collection, made in the Teuasserim provinces by Dr. 

 Falconer, while on deputation (in the year 1849). The specimens are, 



