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373 species of plants from Socotra, collected and presented by Professor 

 Bayley Balfour; 538 species of American plants, presented by F. C. S. 

 Roper, Esq. ; 876 species of North American plants, from the Department 

 of Agriculture , United States ; 137 species of European plants from A. 

 Ben nett, Esq.; a small collection of plants from Ceylon, presented by Dr. 

 Trimen; 27 species of Australian Orchids, presented by R. D. Fitzgerald, 

 Esq.; a small collection of Tasmanian Mosses, presented by E. T.Newton, 

 Esq.; 11 species of North American Polygalaceae , from A. Bennett, Esq.; 

 a small collection of European plants from Geo. Nicholson, Esq. ; 22 

 Orchideae and 3 Aroideae , from H. J. Veite h, Esq.; and specimens of 

 Pringlea and Lyallia from the „Challenger" office. The following collections 

 have been acquired by purchase : — 1,234 plants from South Africa, collected 

 by Rehmann; and 34J from the same region , collected by E c k 1 o n and 

 Zeyher; from Madagascar 707 plants collected by Hildebrandt, 531 by 

 Baron, and 450 by Deans Cowan; 830 from the Caucasus, collected by 

 Brotherus; 233 plants from Palestine, collected by Post; 1,500 plants 

 from Sumatra, collected byForbes; 700 plants from New Zealand, collected 

 by Kirk; 368 plants from Southern California, collected by Parish; 260 

 plants from Florida, collected by Curtis; 219 species from Washington 

 Territory, collected by Suksdorf; 100 species of critical plants from Sicily, 

 collected by Jacono; 90 critical species and varieties of Willows from 

 Kerner; 250 species of Mosses from the neighbourhood of Paris, collected 

 by Roze and Bescher eile; 300 species of European Fungi, by Raben- 

 horst; 50 species of Fungi from Austria , collected by R e h m ; 100 species 

 of Fungi from Germany , from Thuemen; 100 slides of Diatomaceae from 

 Belgium , prepared by Van Heurck; 100 species of Scandinavian Algae, 

 collected by W i 1 1 r o c k and Nordstedt; 497 species of Algae from 

 Morocco, collected by Schousboe; 54 from Madeira, collected by Mandon; 

 and a specimen of the rare Broomeia congregata , presented by Professor 

 MacO wan. 



A series of fruits from Sumatra, collected by H. 0. Forbes, Esq., has 

 been added to the collection of fruits ; a portion of the trunk of a fine Yew 

 tree from Sutton Park has been presented by his Grace the Duke ofDevon- 

 shire ; and 23 specimens of raw vegetable fibres from South - east Java, 

 presented by H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



To the British Herbarium there have been added the valuable herbarium 

 of the Rev. Hugh Davies, author of „Welsh Botanologia", and containing 

 the type specimens of that work; 469 species from the Rev. W. H. Painter ; 

 116 species from C. Bayley, Esq.; 91 species from J. Saunders, Esq.; 

 75 species from Horace Pearce, Esq.; 67 species from Devon and Coi'n- 

 wall, presented by T. R. A. Briggs, Esq. ; 50 species from Wickloff, presen- 

 ted by Miss Kinahan; 2-30 preparations of cellular plants, by Mr. Joshua; 

 and specimens of rare and critical species from the Rev. T. L. L e a , CT. 

 Greene, Esq., W. H. Beeby, Esq., R. F. Towndrow, Esq., Professor 

 J. W. H. Trail, A. W. Bennett, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., Rev. W. H. 

 Cadogan, J. Cunnack, Esq., A. Brotherston, Esq,, A. G. More, Esq., 

 H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., F. C. S. Roper, Esq., A. Bennett, Esq., Rev. 

 R. P. Murray, F. Townsend, Esq., G. C. Druce, Esq., and John 

 B e n b w , Esq. 



The rare and critical British plants contributed by botanists have been 

 incorporated with the British Herbarium ; and also the plants of Samuel 

 D a 1 e 's Herbarium, which was presented to the ti'ustees some years ago by 

 the Apothecarie's Company. 



Specimens of Cryptogams for the British Herbarium have been presen- 

 ted byGeo. Nicholson, Esq., H. Boswell, Esq., J. Saunders, Esq., 

 E. M. Holmes, Esq., Wm. Philipps, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., 

 W. H. Pearson, Esq., R. V. Tellam, Esq., C. B. Plowright, Esq., 

 and E. George, Esq. The extensive collection of British Mosses formed 

 by the late Rev. H. H. Wood, has been purchased from his representatives, 

 and 215 specimens of Hepaticae from Carrington and Peai-son. 



Some progress has been made in the preparation of a fuUer and more 

 exact catalogue of the contents of the Sloane Herbarium than has hitherto 



