112 Botany. 



1,162 Arabian plants collected by H. C. Hart. 



437 plants from the Comoro Islands collected by L. Humblot : 

 purchased; in 1887, 159 were purchased. 



200 specimens from MacOwan and Bolus' " Herbarium 

 Normale Austro-Af ricanum " ; in 1887, 200; in 1888, 300; in 

 1889, 211 ; in 1891, 100; in 1892, 100; in 1893, 200; in 1896, 

 135 ; in 1898, 73; in 1899, 200. 



315 Australasian algae collected by Harvey : purchased ; in 

 1900, 67 algae were acquired by exchange with Trinity College, 

 Dublin. 



165 specimens of Austin's " Hepaticse Americanae": pur- 

 chased; in 1893, 45 specimens were acquired by exchange. 



160 East Friesland cryptogams, chiefly mosses, prepared 

 by Eiben : purchased, 1870, 1885. 



154 East Tropical African plants collected by the Rev. W. E. 

 Taylor: purchased; in 1886, 929 plants were purchased; in 

 1887, 1,459 ; in 1888, 670. 



144 South African Iridae from Zeyher and Pappe's collection : 

 purchased. 



129 Bedfordshire mosses collected by J. Saunders : purchased. 



135 specimens, forming lief. 1-6 of Herpell's " Sammlung 

 praparirten Hutpilze " : purchased between the years 1885 and 

 1892. 



230 species, forming fasc. 1-5 of Farlow, Anderson and 

 Eaton's " Algae exsiccatae Americae Borealis " : purchased between 

 the years 1885 and 1889. 



1886. 



An arranged collection of about 40,000 British and foreign 

 fungi, containing many type species : bequeathed by C. E. 

 Broome, Esq. 



1,323 Australian plants, with several fruits, gums, etc., col- 

 lected and presented by the Rev. T. S. Lea ; the following year,. 

 54 Australian and 125 Hawaiian plants were presented. 



209 Japanese plants collected and presented by C. Maries, Esq. 



191 plants from Uruguay presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, 

 Esq. 



186 ferns from Perak collected by the Rev. B. Scortechini : 

 presented ; the following year, 49 species of Loranthus and Ficus 

 were presented. 



156 plants from Manitoba collected and presented by R. 

 Miller Christy, Esq. 



