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74 Indian plants collected by G. "Watt : presented ; the fol- 

 lowing year, 174 gatherings of Arctic diatoms and 56 Indian 

 algae were presented. 



523 Australian algse collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, and 

 presented from time to time, 1886-93. 



Plants from Western America and the Pacific Islands col- 

 lected by Archibald Menzies, with the herbarium formed by 

 Zier : acquired by exchange. 



188 specimens of Ficus, 26 of Pedicularis, and 21 of Primula 

 were acquired, by presentation and exchange, from Sir G. King 

 and Major D. Prain, successive directors of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Calcutta; in 1887, 86 Indian and Malayan plants; in 



1888, 447; in 1889, 415; in 1890, 375; in 1891, 613; in 1892, 

 338 ; in 1893, 537; in 1894, 670; in 1895, 748; in 1896, 453 ; 

 in 1897, 798; in 1898, 824; in 1899, 161; in 1900, 513; in 

 1901, 380; in 1902, 250. 



29 Canadian fruits collected by Profs. John and James M. 

 Macoun; in 1887, 1,427 North American plants; in 1888, 294 ; 

 in 1889, 234; in 1891, 1,122; in 1893, 207; in 1894, 534; in 

 1895, 101 ; in 1896, 333; in 1897, 75. 



2,051 mosses and hepatics, chiefly species described by Dr. 

 S. O. Lindberg : purchased. 



1,347 plants from the Himalayas and Tibet, collected by the 

 brothers Schlagintweit : purchased; in 1900, 703 plants were 

 purchased. 



1,300 specimens, forming thirteen centuries of Mougeot, 

 Dupray, and Roumeguere's " Algues de la France," together with 

 three supplementary centuries of " Reliquiae Brebissonianae " : 

 purchased between the years 1886 and 1892. 



450 "Bryaceae Scandinaviae exsiccatse," in 15 fascicles, by 

 Hartman : purchased. 



447 Californian plants collected by C. R. Orcutt : purchased ; 

 the following year, 400 plants were purchased. 



424 Mexican plants collected by C. G. Pringle : purchased ; in 



1889, 158 were purchased : in 1890, 358 ; in 1893, 534; in 1894, 

 255; in 1895, 429; in 1896, 225; in 1897, 300; in 1898, 160; 

 in 1899, 160; in 1900, 260 ; in 1901, 190. 



362 Grecian plants collected by Orphanides : purchased ; in 

 1887, 360 were purchased ; in 1890, 320. 



215 plants from New Mexico collected by E. Palmer: pur- 

 chased; in 1887, 683 Mexican plants were purchased; in 1888, 

 453 Californian; in 1889, 160 were presented; in 1893, 29 

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