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the late Rev. 11. T. Lowe ; the plants of North Africa, collected by 

 Durand ; of the Cape of Good Hope, by Zeyher ; of Eastern Tropical 

 Africa, by Ilildebrandt ; of China, by the llev. James Lamont and 

 F. B. Forbes, Esq, ; of the Samoan Islands, by Graeffe ; of Chili, by 

 Reed ; of Brazil, by Sello ; and of Panama, by Scemann. 



During the progress of the work of incorporation the following 

 Natural Orders have been greatly increased, and more or less com- 

 pletely re-arranged : — Ratmnculacece, CmcifercB, Capparidea, Combre- 

 tacecB, RosacecB, Myrtacece, Umhelliferm, Coinpositce, Gentianacea, Ascle- 

 piadacecs, Vefbenacea, Solanacece, Poh/gonacece, and Grai/iinecs. 



The following acquisitions deserve special notice : — The portion of 

 the extensive Herbarium of the plants of Madeira and the adjacent 

 island?, formed by the late Rev. R. T. Lowe, and bequeathed by him 

 to the Trustees. This contains a series of the typical plants of Mr. 

 Lowe's " Manual Flora of Madeira." 



An extensive selection of plants from the Herbarium of the late 

 Professor Nolte, of Kiel, including a considerable number of plants 

 collected by Forskohl in the East ; a complete set of Fries' " Herba- 

 rium Normale " ; and a number of typical specimens of plants described 

 by Cavanilles, Delile, Thuillier, Allioni, and others. 



A large collection of Indian Ferns, made by Lieut.-Colonel Bed- 

 dome, and employed bv him in the preparation of his " Ferns of British 

 India." 



A collection of thirteen hundred original drawings of Fungi, made 

 by Mr. W. G. Smith, F.L.S., the great majority of which are finished 

 coloured representations of British species, has been added to the col- 

 lection of drawings and engravings of plants. The same collection has 

 been increased by the coloured engravings of upwards of 4000 species 

 of Algse. 



The following are the principal additions to the collections of the 

 Department during the year 1875 : — 



I. — To the Herharium. 



General Herbarium. — Phanerogamia. — :200 .species of Sicilian 

 plants, collected and named by Professor Todaro : 255 species of plants 

 from Greece, collected and named by Professor Heldreich : collections 

 made in Iceland and Scandinavia by Isaac Carroll : 200 species of 

 plants from Russia, collected and named by Meinshausen and Golde : 

 4b8 species of plants from the Tyrol and North Italy : lOOO species of 

 Scandinavian plants, forming the "Herbarium Normale " of Fries: 

 1285 species of plants from Schleswig-Holstein, collected and named 

 by Han^icn: 73 species of plants from the Gland Islands: a large col- 

 lection of the species and varieties of Potamogeton, Najas, and the 

 Batrachian species of Ranunculus, named by Nolte: 611 species of 

 plants from Greenland and Iceland: 180 species of plants collected in 

 the East by Forskohl : 254 species of plants, chiefly Composite, from 

 India, presented by C. B. Clarke, Esq. : 30 species of plants from 

 China, collected and named by Dr. Hance : 100 species of plants frem 

 Hong Kong, and 201 species from Kiukiang, China, presented by F. 

 B. Forbes, Esq. : 411 species of plants from Eastern Tropical Africa, 

 collected by Hildebrandt: 510 species of plants from Southern Africa, 

 collected and named by Professor M'Owan : 82 species of plants from 



