358 REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRIT. MUS., 1895. 



Heathcote ; 2 Fungi by Lord Walsingham ; 20 rare Staffordshire 

 Mosses by J. E. Bagnall, Esq. ; and single specimens by Sir Hugh 

 Low, W. P. Hiern, Esq., David Robertson, Esq., J. C. Mansel- 

 Pleydell, Esq., and H. Wigley, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of dupli- 

 cates: — 442 specimens of Tropical African plants, and a specimen 

 of Fleurodadia pahistris from the Director of the Eoyal Botanical 

 Museum, Berlin ; specimens of the fruits of Dio7i edide and Zainia 

 from Professor Penzig ; 2 new species of Disperis from Dr. Schlechter ; 

 and 159 slides of Hepatic^ from Mrs. Tindall. 



The first half, consisting of 5000 specimens, of the Stephani 

 collection of Hepatics has been acquired by purchase. A very large 

 number of these are type specimens, since Dr. Stephani has described 

 nearly every important foreign collection during the last twelve years. 

 This purchase has greatly enriched an important section of the 

 Herbarium, and, happily, at a time when increased study is being 

 given to the characteristics of the Hepaticae. 



The following collections have also been acquired by purchase : — 

 100 specimens of Potatnofjeton, collected by Tiselius ; 96 specimens 

 of South African plants, collected by Schlechter; 1233 plants and 

 68 woods from Kilimanjaro, collected by Volkens ; 348 South Texas 

 plants, collected by Heller; 208 Persian plants, collected by Born- 

 miiller ; 302 Mexican plants (Provinces Colima and Sonora), collected 

 by Palmer ; 200 Borneo plants, collected by Haviland ; 400 Polish 

 plants, collected by Rehman and Woloszczak ; 300 plants from 

 Asia Minor, collected by Sintenis ; 113 plants from Natal, collected 

 by J. M. Wood ; 384 plants and 3 wood specimens from Formosa, 

 collected by Henry ; 429 Mexican plants, collected by Pringle ; 

 297 plants from the Sandwich Islands, collected by Heller; 118 

 plants from Bulgaria, collected by Stribrny ; 251 Bolivian plants 

 from Rusby ; 50 British plants (Willows and Rubi) from the Rev. 

 E. F. Linton ; a specimen of Flemiiujites from Sherborn ; 50 speci- 

 mens of Fungi from Cavara ; 350 Fungi from Sydow ; 100 Fungi, 

 principally Australian, from Cooke ; 100 Russian Fungi from 

 Jackzewski, Komarov, and Transzchel ; 100 Brazilian Mosses from 

 Ule ; 88 Mosses of Newfoundland and Labrador from the Rev. 

 A. C. Waghorne; 150 North American Algfe from Collins, Holden, 

 and Setchell; 61 slides of Algae from Buffham ; 200 Fungi from 

 Pazschke ; 100 Scandinavian Fungi from Eriksson ; 50 Fungi from 

 Seymour and Earle; 17 UredinciPixonx^oXv^d^y ; 50 North American 

 Mosses from Renault and Cardot ; and 100 Fungi from Krieger. 



There have been added to the collection of prints and drawings 

 24 original drawings by Sydenham Edwards for "The New Botanic 

 Garden," 3 drawings by Mrs. Withers, and 1 by Fitch. 



A manuscript journal of Sir Joseph Banks' voyage to Newfound- 

 land and Labrador in 1766 has been acquired by purchase. The 

 journal is in the handwriting of Sarah Sophia Banks, the sister of 

 Sir Joseph. 



