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27 Australian orchids presented by R. D. Fitzgerald, Esq. ; 

 in 1885, 8, and in 1891, 200 orchids were acquired by presenta- 

 tion and exchange. ' 



228 Chinese plants collected by Dr. Bretschneider : acquired 

 by exchange. 



83 species of North American plants : acquired by exchange 

 from Prof. Asa Gray; in 1884, 55 plants were acquired; in 

 1886, 14 were presented. 



830 Caucasian plants collected by Brotherus : purchased. 



700 plants from New Zealand collected by T. Kirk : purchased; 

 in 1897, 90 plants were presented. 



531 plants from Madagascar collected by the Rev. R. Baron : 

 purchased ; in 1884, 227 plants were purchased; in 1886, 379 ; 

 in 1887, 124 ; in 1894, 196. 



497 algse from Morocco collected by Schousboe : pur- 

 chased. 



The Rev. Hugh Davies's herbarium, containing the type- 

 specimens of his " Welsh Botanologia " : purchased. 



An arranged collection of British mosses made by the Rev. 

 H. H. Wood : purchased. 



450 plants from Madagascar collected by the Rev. W. Deans 

 Cowan : purchased; in 1885, 25 plants : purchased. 



368 Calif ornian plants collected by S. B. Parish : purchased ; 

 in 1897, 110 plants were purchased; in 1898, 100. 



340 South African plants collected by Ecklon and Zeyher : 

 purchased. 



250 French mosses collected by Roze and Bescherelle : 

 purchased. 



290 specimens, forming the four fascicles of Carrington and 

 Pearson's " Hepaticse Britannicse exsiccatae " : purchased between 

 the years 1883 and 1890. 



100 slides of Delogne's " Diatomees de Belgique " : purchased. 



250 specimens, forming fasc. 1-10 of E. M. Holmes's "Algae 

 Britannicse rariores " : purchased between the years 1883 and 

 1900. 



22 orchids and 3 aroids were presented by Messrs. J. Veitch 

 and Sons ; similar presentations, including 280 orchids and 50 

 pitcher plants, were subsequently received. 



1884. 



Robert Pocock's herbarium of Kentish plants, presented by 

 G. M. Arnold, Esq. 



