114 Botany. 



Mexican Malvaceae were presented ; in 1895, 302 Mexican plants 

 were purchased; in 1896, 280 plants and 22 fruits; in 1898, 680 

 plants ; in 1899, 423. 



197 plants from the Pacific Coast collected by T. Howell : 

 purchased. 



750 specimens, forming fasc. 1-15 of Hauck and Richter's 

 " Phykotheka universalis " : purchased between the years 1886 

 1896. 



200 specimens, forming fasc. 1-4 of De Toni and Levi- 

 Morenos' "Phycotheca Italica": purchased between the years 

 1886 and 1892. 



Wittrock's "Erythrseae exsiccatse" (fasc. 1, 2) : purchased; in 

 1890, fasc. 3, 4 were purchased. 



1887. 



750 plants from Pernambuco, collected and presented by the 

 Rev. T. S. Lea, Messrs. H. N. Ridley, and G. A. Ramage, and 

 200 plants from Fernando de Noronha collected by Mr. Ridley 

 and presented by the Royal Society. 



160 plants from Demerara and 86 from British Guiana, col- 

 lected and presented by G. S. Jennian, Esq. : in 1890, 367 plants 

 from British Guiana were presented. 



294 British plants presented by the Rev. T. A. Preston. 



101 Jamaican plants collected by W. Fawcett, Esq., and 

 acquired by exchange; in 18881893, collections of fruits and 

 seeds were presented; in 1889, 129 plants; in 1896, 84 crypto- 

 gams; in 1897, 191 plants; in 1898, 52 ferns; in 1899, 167 

 plants; in 1900, 85 ferns; in 1901, 100 plants. 



198 Portuguese plants acquired by exchange. 



The British herbaria of Thomas Moore and Thomas Knowlton, 

 and Rev. Kirby Trimmer's herbarium of British mints, received 

 from the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



The herbarium of Dr. H. F. Hance, containing the types of 

 the Chinese plants described by him : purchased. 



Maze's marine algae of Guadeloupe, 1,509 specimens: pur- 

 chased. 



642 plants from Malasia and Abyssinia collected by O. 

 Beccari : purchased. 



580 Central and South American plants collected by F. 

 Lehmann : purchased; in 1888, 806 plants were purchased; in 

 1890, 1,975. 



