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131 plants from Java collected by T. Lobb: purchased; in 

 1847, 213 plants from Java, Penang, and Singapore were 

 purchased; in 1848, 48. 



1847. 



The collection of Edward Rudge, containing an arranged 

 general herbarium of 4,138 species, and 772 plants from French 

 Guiana collected by Martin : presented by Mrs. Rudge. 



485 plants from New South Wales collected and presented 

 by Sir Thomas Mitchell. 



303 plants from Madagascar and Mauritius collected by 

 Bojer : presented by the Society of Arts and Sciences, Mauritius. 



533 Bolivian plants collected by Bridges : purchased. 



132 Hepaticse Britannicse prepared by Maclvor : purchased. 

 408 Pyrenean mosses and hepatics collected by Spruce : 



purchased. 



1848. 



650 Portuguese plants collected by Welwitsch : purchased ; 

 in 1852, 200 plants were purchased; in 1853, 601; in 1856, 

 125 mosses. 



412 Calif ornian plants collected by Hartweg : purchased. 



326 plants from New Mexico collected by Fendler : purchased ; 

 the following year, 1,297 plants were purchased. 



1849. 



An extensive collection, forming part of W. Griffith's Indian 

 herbarium, was presented by the East India Company ; a con- 

 tinuation was presented the following year. 



294 plants from North Persia collected and presented by 

 Thomas Lynch, Esq. 



292 plants from the South of France and the Spanish Pyre- 

 nees, collected by Bourgeau : purchased ; in 1850, 270 Spanish 

 plants were purchased; in 1864, 611 plants from the French 

 Maritime Alps, Spain, Algeria, Armenia, andLycia; in 1865, 

 178 European; in 1868, 1,080 plants from Corsica and Savoy. 



1850. 



236 plants from the Dutch possessions in India, collected by 

 Junghuhn and presented by Dr. de Vriese. 



118 plants from the Sandwich Islands and the West Coast of 

 Africa, collected and presented by Lieut. W. Strickland, R.N. 



