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Dickson, Prof. Specimen of Gentiana amarella and of Psamma baltica, 



as well as of Erijthrecea linarifolia from Holy Island, Northumber- 

 land, Aug. 1881. 

 Ferguson, Mrs. Mosses, &c., belonging to the late Miss Hope, Wardie 



Lodge. 

 Fraser, Patrick Neill, Esq. Two fronds of Dicksonia, nov. spec. 



from Aneitum, New Hebrides. 

 Geddes, Patrick, Esq. A set of about 50 Pliints from neighbourhood 



of the City of Mexico and lakes surrounding it -n-ithin 20 miles 



radius. Collected in October and beginning of November 1879. 

 Kew Herbarium. Remainder of Herbarium of R. Bro\\-n. Iter Ans- 



traliense, 1802-.5. — Presented by direction of tlie kite J. S. Bennett, 



Esq., 1876. (About 18 packages of duplicates). 

 Lacheur, E. Le, Guernsey. Specimen of Ophioglossum lusitanicum. 

 Payot, Venaxce. Collection Phytostatique ou Fascicule de plants 



rares du Mont Blanc et du Mont Rose. About 77 Alpine plants. — 



Purchased. 

 Phillips, William. Elvellacei Britannici. Fasc. lY. — Purchased. 

 PuRCHAS, Arthur C. A set of 17 specimens of Plants of North Island 



of New Zealand, mainly from Auckland. 

 Ravenel, H. W. Fungi Americani. M. C. Cooke, Editor. Part 46. 

 Societa Crittogamologica Italiano. Erbario Crittogamico ItaUano. 



Ser. II. Fascicolo XIX. to XXII. inclusive (901-1100 inclusive).— 



Purchased. 



III.— DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



From John Buchanan. — Collection of Leguminous Seeds and Thirty 



species of Castor Beans, and " Likangi " fibre, roughly beaten out 



with a stone. 

 From Dr Cleghorn. — Stem of Common Broom, eleven years old, cut at 



Stravithie in May 1881. 

 From John Taylor. — Section of Bark of Wellingtonia, and species of 



Lichen brought from California by Robert Taylor. 



