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PiMPINELLA MAGNA IN WeST LANCASHIRE. Tllis plailt is UOt 



recorded for West Lancashire in ' Topographical Botany,' ed. 2. 

 It is one of our commonest Stonyhurst plants, on both sides of the 

 Ribble — much commoner than P. Saxlfrcaja. The two often grow 

 close together, P. S((xifr<((/a on dry slopes, P. maipia in places where 

 it can obtain more moisture. We are working out the flora of our 

 district, and shall be glad of any help in so doing. — C. A. Newdi- 

 GATE, S. J., St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst. 



ADDITIONS TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 

 BRITISH MUSEUM DURING 1884. 



By W. Carruthers, F.R.S. 



The principal additions to the collection during the year have 

 been : — The extensive collection of species of Rosa formed by the 

 late M. Deseglise, and containing the types of his species, and the 

 materials on which his numerous memoirs are based, was acquired 

 by purchase ; the collection of Algts from different regions of the 

 world formed by the late Prof. Dickie, together with his notes and 

 drawings, illustrating the species he has described in various 

 journals, has been purchased ; the herbarium of Robert Pocock, of 

 Gravesend, containing plants collected in Kent in the beginning 

 of the century, has been presented through the instrumentality 

 of his biographer, George M. Arnold, Esq. There have also 

 been recorded 123 species from France, presented by A. Ben- 

 nett, Esq. ; 96 species of European plants, presented by C. C. 

 Lacaita, Esq.; 800 specimens of Hieracia, by Naegeli; 5 species 

 of DiantJiHs, presented by F. N. Williams, Esq. ; a valuable col- 

 lection of Indian plants, formed and presented by A. F. Young, 

 Esq. ; 590 species of plants fi'om North Western India, obtained 

 by exchange from J. F. Duthie, Esq. ; 43 species of plants from 

 Aden, collected and presented by Major Yerbury ; specimens of 

 Leontopodium, from the Himalayas, presented by Emil Boss, Esq. ; 

 275 species of j)lants from Northern Syria, fi-om Prof. Post; 

 976 species of plants from Asia Minor, collected by Sintenis; 

 2 new species of plants from Cochin China, presented by the Rev. 

 B. Scortechiui ; 990 species of plants from Java, Sumatra, and 

 Timor, collected by H. 0. Forbes, Esq. ; 407 species of plants 

 from Borneo, collected by Grabowski ; 14 species from East 

 Tropical Africa, collected and presented by the Rev. J. Hanningtou; 

 600 species of plants from Madagascar, collected by Dr. Hilde- 

 brandt ; 227 species from Madagascar, collected by the Rev. R. 

 Baron ; 406 species from Natal, from J. M. Wood, Esq. ; 546 species 

 from South Africa, collected by Mr. J. M. Wood, and presented by 

 A. E. Gibbs, Esq. ; 24 species of Cape plants, from Mrs. S. Skip- 

 with ; 111 species of plants from St. Helena, presented by F. E. 

 Grant, Esq. ; 253 species of plants from New South Wales, collected 

 by the Rev. J. Lamout ; 30 species of plants from Australia, pre- 

 sented by Baron von Mueller ; 23 species of plants from Australia. 



