106 Botany. 



1878. 



230 "West tropical African plants collected by Kalbreyer and 

 presented by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons; in 1885, 20 plants 

 were presented. 



114 Brazilian plants collected by E. Warming : presented. 



570 plants from the Samoan Islands collected by Rev. S. J. 

 Whitmee : purchased. 



439 plants from Paraguay collected by Balansa : purchased ; 

 in 1885, 914 plants were purchased. 



400 plants from East Lapland collected by Fellman : pur- 

 chased. 



300 Grecian plants collected by Pichler : purchased. 



Twenty-nine fasciculi of Wittrock and Nordstedt's " Algse 

 aquae dulcis exsiccatee " : purchased between the years 1878 and 

 1897. 



Eight centuries of Ravenel's " Fungi American! " : purchased 

 between the years 1878 and 1882. 



175 plants from Uruguay and 136 from the Argentine 

 Republic, collected by Lorentz : purchased. 



3,497 Syrian plants collected by G. E. Post : acquired at 

 various dates between 1878 and 1902. 



78 ferns from Trinidad collected by Fendler : purchased ; in 

 1880, 50 ferns were purchased; in 1881, 642 plants; in 1891, 

 43 cryptogams were received. 



Kunze's " Fungi Selecti " (410 specimens) : purchased 1878-81. 



1879. 



The extensive herbarium formed by John Miers : bequeathed ; 

 in 1880, 170 Brazilian woods together with spirit specimens of 

 Burinanniacese, etc., were presented by his son ; in 1887, 2,006 

 ferns. 



Edward Newman's fern herbarium was presented by his son. 



230 plants from North Borneo, collected by F. W. Burbidge 

 and presented by Messrs. Veitch. 



A collection of plants from Damara-Land, made by T. G. 

 Een : purchased. 



490 South African mosses collected by A. Rehmann : pur- 

 chased; in 1881, 942 plants were purchased; in 1883, 1,234; in 

 1886, 697 mosses; in 1890, 106 hepatics. 



315 plants from New Zealand collected by S. Berggren : 

 purchased ; in 1889, 58 fresh-water algae were purchased. 



