284 REPORT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, FOR 1889. 



The additions to the collections by presentation during the year 

 have consisted of 6 Fungi from South West France, from "W. W. 

 Strickland, Esq. ; 190 Indian plants from C. B. Clarke, Esq., F.R.S. ; 

 9 Algae from the Tizard Reef, China Sea, from P. A. Bassett-Smith, 

 Esq., E.N. ; 172 Singapore plants from H. N. Eidley, Esq.; 415 

 Indian plants from Dr. King, CLE., F.E.S.; 349 Indian plants 

 from J. F. Duthie, Esq. ; 16 Marine Algae and 82 Mosses from 

 Japan, from James Bisset, Esq. ; 25 Fungi, 1 Alga, 6 Lichens, and 

 2 Hepaticae, and 5 Mosses, from H. N. Eidley, Esq. ; 52 slides 

 illustrating the life-histories of Ravenelia, Mycoidea, &c, from 

 Surgeon-Major Barclay; Alga, from Hot Spring at Singapore, from 

 H. N. Eidley, Esq. ; Trentepohlia spongophila, Caiderpa macrodisca, 

 and Struvea delicatula, from Madame Weber van Bosse ; 35 Algae 

 and 5 Mosses from India, from Dr. de Crespigny ; 35 Algae from 

 Madras, from E. Thurston, Esq. ; 85 plants from the Atlas Moun- 

 tains from Joseph Thomson. Esq. ; 211 South African plants from 

 Professor MacOwan ; Parmelia Hottentota Ach., from N. Masterman, 

 Esq. ; 12 Mosses, G Hepaticse, 10 Lichens, and 8 Fungi from 

 Madagascar, from Eev. J. Wills ; 402 Australian plants from Baron 

 von Mueller ; 58 Fresh-water Algae from New Zealand, collected by 

 Dr. Berggren, from Dr. Nordstedt ; 454 Algas and a fine specimen of 

 Struvea macrophylla, from George Clifton, Esq. ; Lepidozia reversa, a 

 new species from Queensland, from W. H. Pearson, Esq. ; 398 

 Dominica plants collected by Mr. Eamage, from the Eoyal Society 

 Committee on the exploration of the West Indian Islands ; 160 

 South Californian plants, collected by E. Palmer, Esq., from the 

 Smithsonian Institution ; 160 plants from the Buckley Herbarium, 

 from the Shaw School of Botany ; 234 British Columbian plants 

 from Professor Macoun ; Grimmia torquata, in fruit, from Mrs. 

 Britton ; Derbesia vaucheriteformis, from Professor Farlow ; 9 British 

 plants from the Messrs. Groves ; 37 British plants from W. H. 

 Beeby, Esq. ; 109 British plants from A. Bennett, Esq. ; Potamo- 

 geton varians, from Alfred Fryer, Esq. ; Plantago lanceolata, var., 

 from J. C. Melvill, Esq. ; Rubus pallidus from Somerset, from J. 

 W. White, Esq. ; a collection of British species of Carex, with the 

 parts of the inflorescence and fruit dissected and carefully drawn, 

 from Dr. Priestley ; 41 British plants from the Misses Thompson ; 

 2 British plants from Miss Woolward ; Hypericum linariifolium from 

 Carnarvonshire, from Professor Babington; 16 British plants from 

 G. C. Druce, Esq. ; Linaria spuria, from A. J. Crostield, Esq. ; 

 monstrous flowers of Ivy, from Dr. M. T. Masters, F.E.S. ; a 

 remarkable fasciated Daphne from T. Harcourt Powell, Esq. ; 13 

 Dumfriesshire plants from J. J. Johnstone, Esq. ; 254 British plants 

 from the Eev. E. S. Marshall; 20 British plants from H. 

 Monington, Esq. ; Polyporus igniarius from E. Allen, Esq. ; 

 Sphcerocarpus Michelii, from Suffolk, from the Eev. H. P. Eeader ; 

 Didymium dccdaleum from W. G. Smith, Esq. ; Puccinia Schroeteri 

 on Daffodil, from W. G. Smith, Esq. ; Nitella batraehosperma, from 

 the Outer Hebrides, new to Britain, from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 

 Diatomaceae, from the Thames, from W. H. Shrubsole, Esq. ; 

 Codium Bursa, from Worthing, from Miss C. Spong ; 3 species of 



