Additions to the Herbarium during 1912—During the year about 
32,000 specimens were received as donations or exchanges, while 
about 5,000 were purchased. The principal collections are 
enumerated below. 
Evropr. Presented :—Cryptogamae Exsiccatae, Cent. xx., by 
Dr. A. Zahlbruckner ; Fungi, by Dr. G. Bresadola. 
Purchased :—H. Sudre, Herbarium Hieraciorum, fase. 1; Fiori 
and Béguinot, Flora Italica Exsiccata, fase. 15-16; A. Kneucker, 
Cyperaceae et Juncaceae Exsiccatae, Liefr. 8-9 (including extra- 
European specimens); F. Kornicke, Cereals; H. Dahlstedt, 
Taraxaca Scandinavica Exsiccata, fase. 2; P. Sydow, Mycotheca 
Germanica, fasc. 22-23; J. Soiemhibow, Mycotheca Rossica, 
Orient. Purchased :—J. Bornmiiller, Syria. 
Norruern Asta. Purchased :—Miss A. M. Creswell, 
Kashgar. 
Cuina. Presented :—Pére G. Giraldi and Pére C. Silvestri, by 
Dr. R. Pampanini; Dr. J. M. Dalziel, by the Regius Keeper, Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
Purchased :—Prof. C. 8. Sargent, E. H. Wilson’s Chinese plants. 
Inpia AnD Mataya. Presented :—Kashmir, by Mr. G. L. de 
la C. Fuller ; Punjab, etc., by Mr. J. R. Drummond; Kachin, 
by Capt. 8S. M. Toppin ; Burma, by Mr. J. H. Lace and Mr. W. 
A. Robertson ; Siam, by Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, Mr. W. F. Lloyd, 
Mr . 5. G, Garrett and Luang Vanpruk; Malay Peninsula, 
by the Superintendent, Royal Botanic Gardai: Calcutta, Mr. J.S. 
rhe and Mr. J. W. Anderson; British North Borneo, by Miss 
L. S. Gibbs ; Celebes, by Dr. R. Schl echter ; New Guines, by the 
Director, Rijks Herbarium, Leiden ; Philippine Islands, by Mr. E. 
D. Merrill; Malay Archipelago, by the Director = the Beenie 
Garden, Buitenzorg ; ; Malay Fungi, by Dr. G. Bresadola. 
ON :—A. D. E. Elmer and C. M. Weber, Philippine 
ands 
AUSTRALASIA. Presented :—Australia, by the Director, Botanic 
Gardens, Sydney ; Queensland, by the Colonial Botanist, Brisbane ; 
New Zealand, by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman and Miss L. 'S. Gibbs ; 
Fiji, by Miss L. 8, Gibbs. 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Presented :—Sierre Leone, by Mr. C. E. 
Lane-Poole ; Gold Coast, by Mr. T. F. Chipp ; Northern 2 ry 
by Mr. C. C. Yates ; Southern Nigeria, by Mr. and Mrs. P. 
Talbot, Mr. N. W. Thomas, and ‘the British ase Natural 
Mistory) Sota by Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman ; Uganda, by 
M. H. Mason Katanga, by Mr. H. A. Homblé, through Mr. 
i. " BiietesDavy ; British East Africa, by Mr. E. Battiscombe ; 
Portuguese Nyasaland, by Mr. C. E. F. Allen; Percy Sladen 
Memorial aA collections, by the Percy Sladen Memorial 
Trustees, through Prof. H. H. W. Pearson and the Curator of the 
Bolus Herbarium. 
oe :—G. Zenker, Cameroons, through Prof. E. Gilg; 
Rev. F. A. Rogers, Rhodesia. 
Mascarene Istaxvs. Presented :—Mad ar grasses, by 
the Hon. P. A. Methuen, through Prof. I1. H.W. Pearson, and by — 
Mr. E, Perrier de la Bathie, through Prof. H. Jumelle 
