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nection with his ' British Fungology ' have been completely restored 

 and repainted by Mr. W. G. Smith, F.L.S., and remomited with 

 greater regard to the conditions under which they occm^ in Nature. 



The additions to the collections during the past year by pre- 

 sentation have consisted of 161 species of plants from Gyrene from 

 M. Barbey ; 910 species from India from G. Baron Clarke, Esq. ; 

 447 species from India from Dr. King ; 819 species, collected 

 chiefly in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago by Lobb, presented 

 by H. Veitcli, Esq. ; 27 specimens of Dipterocarps, presented by 

 Mr. C. Curtis, of the Forest Department of the Straits Settlements 

 at Penang; 300 species of South African plants from Prof. MacOwan ; 

 530 species from Africa and Syria from Dr. Schweinfurth ; 145 

 species from St. Thomas, West Tropical Africa, from Prof. Hen- 

 riquez, of Coimbra ; 29 species from the Niger from Sir J. Marshall; 

 172 species from Canada from Prof. Macoun ; 2 species of American 

 Co7iifer(C from Prof. Sargent; 3 rare American plants from Dr. 

 N. L. Britton ; 305 species of i^lants, 25 specimens of fruits, and 

 74 specimens of woods, collected in the Bermudas by Baron Eggers, 

 and presented by the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the 

 British Association for investigating the Natural History of West 

 India Islands ; a collection of fruits and seeds from Jamaica from 

 William Fawcett, Esq. ; 20 specimens of fruits and seeds from the 

 island of Fernando do Noronha from Major Mendou9a; 31 specimens 

 of OrcJiidecB from Mr. F. Moore, of Glasnevin ; 4 species of OrchidecB 

 from Mr. J. O'Brien ; 6 species of Orchidea from Mr. H. Veitch ; 

 specimens of Strophanthus from Mr. T. Christy ; specimen of Tra- 

 2)ella sinensis from Mr. S. W. Oliver ; specimen of Pimis muricata 

 from Mr. J. Ion ; a Hahmaria from Madagascar from the Eev. R. 

 Baron; 6 species of Cryptogams from Mr. G. Davies; 23 species of 

 Cryptogams from Mr. A. Bennett ; 17 species of Moss from Holne, 

 East Suffolk, collected and presented by Mr. Clement Reid ; 34 

 species of Cryptogams from Mrs. Blicker ; 23 specimens of Mosses 

 from Borneo, collected and presented by Mr. A. H. Everett ; a new 

 British Moss from Mr. J. R. Vaizey ; 50 species of HepaticcB, col- 

 lected in New South Wales by Mr. Thomas Whitelegge, and presented 

 by Dr. Carrington and Mr. W. H. Pearson ; specimens of rare and 

 critical AhjcB from Cramer, Beccari, and Grunow ; 243 species of 

 Fun(ji from W. W. Strickland, Esq. ; 11 preparations of minute 

 Fuiifjl from Mr. George Brebner ; 12 preparations of Fungi fi'om 

 Dr. D. D. Cunningham ; 34 species of Vredinecc from C. P. Plow- 

 ri^ht, Esq. ; and specimens of different plants from Messrs. G. F. 

 Sherwood, Scott Elliot, W. Phillips, W. G. Smith, C. P. Smith, 

 and Mrs. Dickson. 



By exchange a collection of 122 species of Ahjm from Barclay 

 Sound, Vancouver Island, was obtained from Prof. Macoun. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : — 

 100 species of European plants from Dr. Schultz ; 100 species of 

 plants from Sicily, collected by Lojacono ; 100 species of plants 

 from Greece, collected by Prof. Heldreich ; 240 species of plants 

 from Poland, collected by Blocki ; 415 species from Northern Syria, 

 collected by Prof. Post; 1000 specimens from the East Indian 



