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1884, 30; in 1885, 783 ; in 1886, 161 ; in 1887, 675 ; in 1889, 

 402; in 1890, 692; in 1891, 343; in 1892, 164; in 1893, 56; 

 in 1894, 22. 



700 plants from Quito collected by Jameson and presented by 

 J. N. Kuczinski, Esq. 



211 North American plants collected and presented by Dr. 

 W. A. Bell. 



110 Styrian and 22 Sicilian plants collected and presented by 

 the Chevalier Pittoni. 



48 plants from Gibraltar collected and presented by H. A. 

 Hurst, Esq. ; in 1871, 62 plants from Lower Egypt were 

 presented ; in 1876, 99 Egyptian ; in 1881, 200. 



2,000 Abyssinian plants collected by W. Schimper : pur- 

 chased; in 1871, 90 mosses and hepatics were purchased; in 

 1872, 270 plants ; in 1890, 224 plants were acquired by exchange ; 

 in 1891, 265. 



650 plants from the European collection formed by Dr. 

 Rostan : purchased. 



416 fungi from South Carolina collected by Ravenel: purchased. 



323 Nicaraguan plants collected by Ralph Tate : purchased. 



1,100 species, forming twenty-two fasciculi of the " Erbario 

 Crittogamico Italiano," Ser. II., were purchased between the 

 years 1869 and 1881. (For series I, see 1861.) 



The following, from N. B. Ward's collection, were purchased 

 of his executors : 3,094 South African plants collected by Harvey, 

 Ecklon, Stanger, etc. ; 1,014 Indian plants collected by Wight; 

 784 North American plants collected by Gray, Sullivant, etc. ; 

 560 Madeiran plants collected by Lemann, Lippold, etc. ; 431 

 Malaccan plants collected by Griffith; 225 Californian plants 

 collected by Coulter ; 213 North American Carices collected by 

 Sartwell; 166 Swan River plants collected byMylne; 113 plants 

 from the Fiji Islands collected by Harvey ; 96 North European 

 Salices collected by Lsestadius ; 77 Athenian plants collected by 

 Boissier. 



1870. 



67 plants from the Island of Banka, Malay Archipelago : 

 presented by Dr. R. H. C. C. Scheffer ; in 1872, 276 Javanese 

 woods were presented. 



2,625 Oriental plants collected by Haussknecht : purchased. 



100 British lichens collected by J. M. Crombie : purchased ; 

 in 1871, 200 lichens were purchased ; in 1872, 100 ; in 1873, 450 ; 



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