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Woods and Forests, Kartoum ; 200 specimens from Gazaland, 

 from C. F. M. Swynnerton ; 50 specimens of Umbelliferce and 

 Composite^, and 43 monocotyledons from Algeria, from M. A. 

 Joly Elbahy ; 48 specimens from South Africa, from Eev. F. A. 

 Eogers ; 23 specimens from Lake Kivu, Central Africa, from Dr. 

 Wollaston ; 10 specimens from Uganda, from E. Brown ; 10 speci- 

 mens from Fayoum, from Dr. W. A. Cunnington; 5 specimens from 

 South Africa, from Dr. H. Bolus ; 14 specimens of Podostemacece 

 from India, from J. C. Willis ; 4 specimens from Garhwal, from 

 Dr. T. G. Longstaff ; 2 specimens of Wissadula from Brazil, from 

 E. Fries ; 50 specimens of plants from West Australia, collected by 

 W. V. Fitzgerald, from F. S. Brockman ; 4 specimens of Eremo- 

 phila, &c, from Australia, from Prof. A. J. Ewart ; 390 specimens 

 from Chili, Brazil, and the Falkland Islands, from E. Morton 

 Middleton ; 2 specimens of orchids from Jamaica, from W. Fawcett ; 

 3 specimens of Ophrys from Hyeres, from H. S. Thompson; 2 speci- 

 mens of flowering plants from Eev. W. Moyle Eogers; 3 specimens 

 of cultivated plants from Hon. Walter Eothschild ; specimens of 

 fossil seeds of Najas marina and N. minor from Clement Eeid ; 

 2 fruits of Martynia from A. E. Stearns ; 3 specimens of culti- 

 vated orchids from Sir Trevor Lawrence ; 4 specimens of cultivated 

 orchids from J. O'Brien ; 2 specimens of Silene from W. B. 

 Paulson ; specimens of Alsophila from Fiji, from Miss M. Benson ; 

 specimens of a tropical moss, Calymperes, recently discovered in 

 Europe, near the fumaroles of Pantellaria, from Dr. Emilio 

 Levier ; 2 species of Halimeda and 3 specimens of Avrainvillea 

 from the Paumotu Archipelago, from M. P. Hariot ; some large 

 specimens of Laminariacece, from the Eastern Telegraph Com- 

 pany's cable near Gibraltar, from V. K. Cornish ; a Japanese 

 species of Ecklonia, from Prof. F. O. Bower ; 11 species repre- 

 senting 4 genera of Lithothamnia from the Indian Ocean, collected 

 during the ' Sea-lark ' Expedition, from J. Stanley Gardiner ; 

 specimens of Cladocephalus, a new genus of Algse from the West 

 Indies, from Marshall A. Howe ; 161 Characea from the her- 

 barium of T. F. Allen, from the New York Botanical Garden. 



The additions to the British Herbarium by presentation have 

 been : — 3 specimens from Dr. C. C. Vigurs ; 229 specimens from 

 Eev. E. S. Marshall ; 72 specimens from Eev. H. J. Eiddelsdell ; 

 2 specimens from John D. Young ; 4 specimens from A. B. Jack- 

 son ; 3 specimens of introduced plants from W. B. Allen ; 7 speci- 

 mens from Clement Eeid ; 2 specimens from W. Whitehead ; 

 10 specimens of Eubi, &c, from Prof. D. Oliver ; 4 specimens 

 from James Groves ; 10 rare British Hepaticce from Symers M. 

 Macvicar. 



Among the acquisitions by presentation special reference may 

 be made to the collection of Diatoms formed by the late Thomas 

 Glazebrook Eylands, of Warrington, and presented by his daughter, 

 Miss Martha G. Eylands. It consists of about 6000 microscope- 

 slides in cabinets, and includes the collection of the late Dr. 

 Christopher Johnson, of Lancaster, bequeathed to Mr. Eylands. 

 It was formed more than forty years ago, when great activity was 



