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Three centuries of Oudeman's "Fungi Neerlandici " : pur- 

 chased 1879-80. 



68 plants from the Eastern Archipelago collected by H. O. 

 Forbes : purchased ; in 1880, 165 plants were purchased ; in 1883, 

 1,500 plants together with a series of fruits ; in 1884, 990 plants 

 and 120 fruits; in 1886, 911 plants and 74 woods; in 1888, 1,020 

 plants. 



31 South American plants collected by F. Simons : purchased ; 

 in 1880, 25 plants were purchased; in 1881, 150. 



1880. 



422 plants from Kurrum Valley, Afghanistan, collected and 

 presented by Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison; in 1881, 196 plants were 

 presented; in 1887, a set of plants collected during the Afghan 

 Boundary Expedition. 



1,602 British plants collected and presented by T. R. Archer 

 Briggs, Esq., between 1880 and 1891. 



2,482 British plants collected by A. French : purchased. 



984 North African plants collected by Gandoger : purchased. 



1,464 European lichens, chiefly British, and 189 preparations 

 of cellular plants, purchased of W. Joshua ; and 850 cryptogamic 

 slides purchased 1881-86. 



468 Spanish plants collected by Huter, Porta and Rigo ; in 

 1891, 497 ; in 1892, 478 : purchased; in 1886, 168 plants of the 

 Balearic Islands were purchased. 



443 Italian plants collected by Strobl : purchased. 



300 European algae collected by A. Le Jolis : purchased. 



177 plants from the Argentine Republic collected by Hierony- 

 mus : purchased. 



151 plants from Dzungaria collected by Schrenk : purchased. 



144 ferns from Madagascar collected by G. Shaw : purchased. 



800 Sicilian plants collected by Lojacono : purchased at 

 intervals between 1880 and 1888. 



1881. 



1,027 South African plants collected and presented by Harry 

 Bolus, Esq. ; in 1896, 70 plants were presented. 



British, European and other plants presented by A. Bennett, 

 Esq. Similar contributions have been made by Mr. Bennett at 

 intervals up to the present time. 



34 specimens from the Botanic Gardens, Saharanpur : pre- 

 sented by J. F. Duthie, Esq.; in 1882, 187 Himalayan plants 



