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The additions to the collections by presentation have consisted 

 of 1815 plants from Malaya, by H. N. Ridley, Esq.; 384 plants 

 from Canada, by the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada ; 

 261 plants from Borneo, by Dr. Haviland; 133 plants from Penang, 

 by Mr. Curtis; 156 plants from Arabia, collected in the Bent 

 Expedition, from Mr. Bent; 129 plants from Jamaica, by Mr. 

 Fawcett ; 58 plants from Greenland, by the University of Copen- 

 hagen ; 27 plants from Nyasaland, collected by Mr. R. Crawshay, 

 by Dr. Sclater ; 14 species of orchids and 42 specimens of pitcher 

 plants, from Messrs. Veitch & Sons ; 22 plants from Australia, by 

 Baron von Mueller ; a new species of Ahutilon from India, by the 

 Director of Kew Gardens ; 10 specimens of New Zealand plants, 

 by Mr. H. 0. Forbes ; specimens of Gossypinm Stokesii, by Dr. T. 

 Cooke ; 7 species of cultivated orchids, by Miss Woolward ; a new 

 species of Sphceralcea, from Mr. J. N. Rose ; 46 specimens of Algae 

 fi'om Natal, by Maurice S. Evans, Esq. ; 11 specimens of West 

 Indian Fungi, by W. R. Elliott, Esq. ; 57 specimens of Marine 

 Alg£e from the Cape of Good Hope, from W. Tyson, Esq., and 

 5 species from the same locality, by Major Reinbold ; 31 Fungi 

 from North Italy, from W. W. Strickland, Esq. ; 21 species of 

 Algte from Greenland, from the Botanical Museum, Copenhagen ; 

 62 Cellular Cryptogams, from the Director of the Botanic Garden, 

 Singapore; 26 Cryptogams from Sarawak, from Charles Hose, Esq. ; 

 30 species of Mycetozoa, from Professor McBride ; interesting 

 Cryptogams, from Graf zu Solms-Laubach, Mr. Weber von Bosse, 

 Dr. Bommer, and others ; 7 slides of Diatomacece, collected by Sir 

 Joseph Hooker in India, from the Director of Kew Gardens ; and 

 17 Algae, collected in the Bent Expedition to Arabia, from Mr. Bent. 



The following additions have been made by presentation to the 

 British Herbarium : — 753 specimens, from the Rev. W. Hunt 

 Painter ; 22 species, from Mr. A. W. Bennett ; specimens of Ci/perus 

 fusciis, from Hampshire, from the Rev. W. R. Linton ; specimens 

 of Carex incurva, from Holy Island, from Professor Oliver ; speci- 

 mens of Astragalus alpimis and Menziesia polifoUa, from Scotland, 

 from Mr. A. B. Hall ; specimens of Erodium, from Ireland, from 

 Professor Perceval Wright ; specimens of Trichomanes radicans, 

 from Monmouthshire, from Mr. W. Robinson ; 39 specimens of 

 Marine Algse, from Professor Johnson ; 71 specimens of Algae, and 

 12 Fungi, from Miss A. Lorrain Smith; 18 specimens of Fungi, 

 from the Hon. Mabel de Grey ; and interesting specimens from 

 David Robertson, Esq., Dr. Masters, Professor Stewart, Messrs. 

 J. Saunders, George Brebner, T. W. Powell, W. Herring, W. Whit- 

 well, W. G. Smith, W. R. Ogilvy Grant, and W. H. Pearson. 



The following additions have been made by exchange for dupli- 

 cates: — 108 microscopic preparations of British Hepaticje, from 

 Miss Tindall ; 808 species of Tropical African Plants, 48 species 

 from Japan, and 292 Cellular Cryptogams, from the Director of the 

 Royal Botanical Museum, Berlin ; 670 specimens of plants from 

 India and Malaya, from Dr. King, of Calcutta ; and 46 Norwegian 

 plants, from T. Wulfif, Esq. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase :— 



