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Mr* M'Gillivray; of extensive collections of West African plants, 
formed by Perrottet, Le Prieur, Heudelot, and others ; of plants of 
Madagascar, collected by Forbes, Hilsenberg, and Boivin ] of further 
portions of the American Herbarium of the late Professor Nuttall, and 
of the Philippine collection of Mr. Cuming ; of numerous specimens of 
Leguminosije and Fiperacea, from various quarters ; of Ceylon "Ferns, 
from Dr. Thwaites, Bornean Ferns, from Mr. Wallace, and Cuban 
Ferns, from Mr. Charles Wright ; of a continuation of M, Billot's 
•Flora Gallise eL Germanise Exsiccata ;' of M. Eossmassler's collection 
of Spanish plants; of the Oaks of M. Kotschy's Eastern collection; 
of Anderson's Scandinavian Willows, Schultz's Hieracia and Wirtgen's 
Menthce. 
In the reairangeraent of the families of PalnKS, JBalanophoreiBy Me- 
nispermea, Araliacece, Laurinece, Begoniacea^ Arhtolochiece, and of the 
Ferns with naked sori^ with numerous additions to each, and also of a 
portion of the collections in the large outer room. 
In the examination and partial arrangement of the extensive collec- 
tions of European plants lately received from Messrs. Bourgeau, 
Eeichenbach, and Eabenhorst, of M. Forcade's plants of the Pyrenees, 
of Zollinger's plants of Java, and of Ealph's plants of New Zealand. 
In the selection of an extensive set of plants of Panama from the 
collections of Mr. Sutton Hayes, and of Californian plants from the 
herbarium of Mr. Gruber. 
In the rearrangement of the British Fungi, with large additions, 
and in adding to the British Herbarium Mr. Wood's collection of 
Eoses, an extensive series of Sieracia^ and numerous other critical 
plants from various localities, a large number of Cryptogamous plants 
from the collections of Forster, Borrer, and Carrington, and of Phseno- 
gamous plants presented by the Eev. W. W. Newbould. 
And in the continued examination of tlie volumes of the Sloanean 
Herbarium. 
The principal additions which have been made to the department 
during the same period consist of 
Upwards of 2000 specimens of Mosses, from various localities, 
chiefly British, forming the herbarium of Mr. A. O. Black. 
450 species of British Fungi, from the collection of Mr. Cooke. 
270 species of Cryptogamous plants, chiefly Irish, from the collec- 
tion of Mr. Carrinj^ton. 
