86 Botany. 



1837. 



172 plants collected during the Euphrates Expedition and 

 presented by Col. Chesney. 



1838. 

 1,300 Mexican plants collected by Berlandier : purchased. 



1839. 



405 South American plants collected by George Barclay 

 during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur : presented by W. T. 

 Aiton, Esq. 



503 Mexican plants collected by Hartweg : purchased ; in 

 1841, 108 Guatemalan plants were purchased; in 1842, 66 plants 

 from Guayaquil; in 1843, 609 Columbian and 138 Peruvian 

 plants. 



1840. 



805 specimens of woods, purchased of B. Couch, Plymouth 

 Dockyard. 



513 plants from Port Natal collected by Dr. Krauss: 

 purchased. 



258 Nubian plants collected by Theodor Kotschy : purchased. 



1841. 



75 South Australian plants collected and presented by Mrs. 

 Captain Grey ; in 1845, 265 plants were presented. 



2,433 plants collected in the Philippines, etc. by Hugh 

 Cuming : purchased; in 1843, 113 orchids in spirit were pur- 

 chased. 



1,907 plants from Syria, Persia, and Arabia, collected by 

 Aucher-Eloy : purchased. 



803 plants and 160 woods from Brazil collected by Claussen: 

 purchased ; in 1843, 100 woods were purchased. 



791 Brazilian plants collected by George Gardner : purchased ; 

 in 1842, 358 plants were purchased ; in 1843, 140 cryptogams. 



313 Abyssinian plants collected by Schimper : purchased. 



126 Chilian plants collected by Bridges : purchased ; in 1842, 

 108 plants were purchased ; in 1843, 313. 



134 Brazilian plants collected by Martius: purchased. 



