360 REPOKT OF DEPARTMENT Of BOTANY, BKIT. MUS., 1896. 



and spirit specimens and 4 microscope slides of a new genus of 

 Hepatica3 by Professor D. H. Campbell ; 23 Cape Algfe by W. 

 Tyson ; 73 Cape Algve by H. G. Flanagan, Esq. ; 3 Cape Alg^e 

 and specimen of a new variety of Jaborandi by E. M. Holmes, Esq.; 

 25 Australian Algae by the late Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G. ; 

 75 Grand Canary Algfe by Miss Anna Vickers ; 12 Crimean Algse by 

 Miss Nathalie Karsakoff ; 18 slides of Plankton Diatoms by Professor 

 Cleve; 2 Algie by Surgeon-Captain Alcock; 14 Antiguan Mycetozoa 

 by W. Crau, Esq. ; 17 photographs of Indian Fungi by Dr. Alfred 

 Lingard; and single specimens by Graf zu Solms-Laubach, Professor 

 F. W. Oliver, Captain Meryon, R.N., Eev. C. H. Binstead, and 

 W. Horace Wood, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by presentation to the 

 British Herbarium: — 342 plants by the Kev. E. S. Marshall; 76 

 plants by Arthur Bennett, Esq. ; 38 plants by A. B. Jackson, Esq. ; 

 20 Montgomeryshire plants by W. Whitwell, Esq. ; 6 plants by 

 T. Hilton, Esq. ; 2 plants by Miss Boyd; 5 Insectivorous plants by 

 Professor Trail ; 2 Leicestershire plants and 200 Musci and Hepaticse 

 by F. T. Mott, Esq. ; 1 rare Moss and 2 microscope slides by W. E. 

 Nicholson, Esq. ; 11 AigiD and 6 slides by George Brebner, Esq. ; 

 18 Fungi by C. B. Plowright, Esq. ; 11 Fungi by Miss A. L. Smith; 

 3 Fungi by C. F. Jenkin, Esq. ; 2 Fungi by Cedric Buckuall, Esq. ; 

 and smgle specimens by J. Lloyd Williams, Esq., Eev. E. A. 

 Woodruffe Peacock, Mrs. Marindin, Rev. E. D. Heathcote, Rev. 

 C. H. Binstead, Miss A. H. Fisher, and W. H. Shrubsole, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of dupli- 

 cates : — 928 Phanerogams and Cryptogams from the Cameroons 

 and the Argentine Republic, from the Director of the Royal Botanical 

 Museum, Berlin ; 597 Minnesota plants from Professor Conway Mac- 

 millan ; and specimens in spirit of 2 parasites for exhibition from 

 Professor Penzig. 



The second (concluding) portion of the Stephani collection of 

 Hepaticfe has been acquired by purchase. It consists of 6920 

 specimens, and is in every respect a most satisfactory addition to 

 the Herbarium. 



Two small Herbaria of Alg^e of much value were also purchased, 

 viz. that of the late T. H. Buffham, consisting of 1330 specimens, 

 chiefly from British coasts ; and that of the late Bracebridge Wilson, 

 containing 1485 Victoria specimens. Both collections were the fruit 

 of careful and assiduous Avork during many years. 



The following specimens have also been acquired by purchase: — 

 1334 Phanerogams and Cryptogams, from "the Sequoia region," 

 by Hansen ; 1254 Phanerogams and Cryptogams, from North 

 America, by Marcus E. Jones; 529 Phanerogams and Cryptogams, 

 from Madagascar, by Dr. Forsyth Major; 340 Chinese plants, by 

 Father Hugh; 100 Lombok plants, by Everett; 239 Armenian 

 plants, by Sintenis; 100 Pohsh plants, by Woloszczak; 276 French 

 Congo plants, by Bates ; 249 Hawaiian plants, by Heller ; 100 

 plants from Greece, by Heldreich ; 108 Bornean plants, by Havi- 

 land ; 225 Mexican plants, by Pringle ; 280 Mexican plants and 

 22 fruits, by Palmer ; 79 Yucatan plants, 377 Orinoco plants, by 



