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ia general, excellent, and there are a considerable number of duplicates. 

 The localities are always carefully marked. 



12. A collection, made by Dr. M c Clelland in 1849 in the Birbhum 

 district. The localities are carefully marked, and there are some du- 

 plicates. 



13. An excellent collection of Assam and Khasia plants, made by 

 Mr. C. J. Simons, and presented to the Garden by Sir W. J. Hooker, 



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K.H. The specimens are very fine, and are all carefully numbered 

 and the localities marked. 



14. A set of excellent specimens of Khasia plants collected by Mr. 

 Oldham in 1851-52, and presented by him to the Garden. Mr. Old- 

 ham most liberally allowed me to select from his collection as many 

 specimens as I wished, so that we possess excellent illustrative series 

 of specimens of many valuable species. 



15. A large collection of Pegu plants made by M. Scott, head gar- 

 dener H. C. Bot. Garden, while on deputation in that country in 1855. 

 The specimens are very good, and the collection contains many inte- 

 resting plants. 



16. A small collection of rare and interesting Malacca plants, pre- 

 sented by Captain Moxon. 



17. A complete set of specimens 'from the Ceylon Garden Herba- 

 rium, presented by Mr. Thwaites, the Director. This is a numbered 

 collection, and contains all the known plants of the island, so that it is 



of very great value. 



18. A large herbarium from the Bombay Presidency, presented by 

 Dr. Gibson, consisting partly of his own collections, and partly of those 

 of Mr. Law, from the Concan and Dekhan, and partly of Dr. Stock's 

 Sindh and Beluchistan collections. 



19. A good collection from the Northern Division of the Madras 

 Presidency, presented by Dr. Cleghorn. 



20. A most interesting collection from the Punjab Himalaya and 

 Western Tibet, presented by Mr. M. P. Edgworth, C. S. The Hima- 

 layan specimens were collected by Mr. Edgworth himself; those from 



Lahul and Ladak by Captain Hay. 



21. A set of the Indian collections made by Drs. Hooker and 

 Thomson between 1841 and 1851, which are now being clistribut 1 



in England. 



These collections illustrate more or less fully the plants of Western 



