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Australasia. — W. V. Fitzgerald, 12 specimens from West 

 Australia, collected by M. Kock ; Miss L. S. Gibbs, 51 Hepaticce 

 from New Zealand ; Miss A. Henley, 3 specimens of Kauri gum, 

 1 palm, and 46 ferns from New Zealand ; E. Kirkpatrick, 7 crypto- 

 gams from Christmas Island ; Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 27 specimens 

 from Late Island, near Vavau, "Eclipse Expedition." 



America. — A. Bennett, 58 phanerogams and 18 cryptogams 

 mostly from America ; Colonial Secretary, through the Director 

 of Agriculture, Jamaica ; 92 specimens from Jamaica ; Sir W. 

 Martin Conway, 1135 specimens from Bolivia, collected by K. S. 

 Williams ; Dr. M. C. Cooke, 8 fungi mostly from North America; 

 Miss B. M. Gosset, 3 orchids from Jamaica ; E. H. Howe, 11 

 mosses from Newfoundland ; and specimen of Bacopa from Dr. 

 N. L. Britton. 



Cultivated Plants. — A. Berger, specimens of cultivated 

 Mescmbryanthemum ; E. A. Bowles, specimen of cultivated Aster 

 Falconeri ; Chelsea Physick Garden, 32 specimens for exhibition 

 purposes ; Prof. C. V. Piper, 20 specimens of cultivated Mucuna ; 

 J. T. Winkworth, abnormal flowered specimen of bee orchis. 



General. — Eev. D. Lillie, 50 Hepatic®, mostly tropical. 



(2) By Purchase. 



British Isles. — W. A. Davis, 35 lichens from Cambridge, pre- 

 pared by C. du Bois Larbalastier ; C. E. H. Smith, 21 specimens 

 of prepared fungi ; B. Corfe, 7 drawings of fruits of British 

 Umbelliferce. 



Europe. — Dorfler, Herb. Normale, cent. liii. and liv. ; 0. Jaap, 

 100 fungi selecti and 20 myxomycetes ; Kabat and Bubak, 50 fungi 

 imperfecti ; A. Kneucker, 29 specimens of Carices ; K. W. Krieger, 

 50 fungi Saxonici ; J. Mikutowicz, 200 Baltic mosses ; V. Schiffner, 

 50 European hepatics ; J. Schiller, 30 Adriatic algae ; H. Sudre, 

 50 specimens Batotheca Europsea and 50 specimens Hieracia ; 

 Sydow, 100 German fungi and 25 phycomycetes and protomycetes ; 

 A. Toepffer, 50 specimens Salicetum exsiccatum ; Tranzschel and 

 Serebrianikow, 200 Eussian fungi ; T. Vestergren, 50 micro- 

 mycetes rariores selecti ; T. O. Weigel, 400 specimens Erbario 

 Crittogamico Italiano, 50 mosses of Finland, prepared by V. T. 

 Brotherus, and Flora Italica, cent. xiii. and xiv., including 21 

 microsections of woods, prepared by A. Fiori and A. Beguinot. 



Asia. — J. Bornmuller, 84 Persian plants, collected by T. 

 Strauss ; A. D. E. Elmer, 922 phanerogams and 188 cryptogams 

 from the Philippine Islands : U. Faurie, 109 lichens from Japan 

 and Corea ; F. Wilms, 611 phanerogams and 50 cryptogams from 

 China, collected by A. K. Schindler. 



Africa. — J. Gossweiler, 556 phanerogams and 82 cryptogams 

 from Angola ; T. Kassner, 106 specimens from Katanga, Central 

 Africa ; A. Pegler, 100 specimens from Kentani district ; Eev. 

 F. A. Eogers, 190 specimens chiefly from Ehodesia and Belgian 

 Congo ; F. Wilms, 352 phanerogams and 6 vascular cryptogams 

 from Natal, collected by H. Eudatis. 



