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208 Mexican plants collected by W. Schumann : purchased. 



121 preparations of fossil plants from Sir J. D. Hooker : 

 purchased. 



100 plants from Stanley Falls, Congo, collected by F. Hens: 

 purchased. 



Briosi and Cavara's "I Funghi Parassiti " : purchased, 1888- 

 1900. 



1890. 



The herbarium formed by Dr. R. McCormick, R.N., and 

 containing plants collected during Parry's Arctic Expedition, 

 1827, Ross's Voyage of the Erebus and Terror, and the Expedition 

 in search of Franklin : bequeathed. 



3,137 microscope-slides of cryptogams, being the collection of 

 John Ralfs, Esq. : presented by his son; in 1892, his crypto- 

 gamic herbarium of 1,968 specimens : purchased. 



The herbarium of G. M. Ferro : presented by the Director, 

 Royal Gardens, Kew. 



221 Cape algae collected and presented by L. A. Boodle, Esq. 



130 plants from the Andes collected and presented by E. 

 Whymper, Esq. 



452 plants from the Sandwich Islands collected by Hillebrand : 

 acquired by exchange. 



603 Bolivian plants collected by M. Bang : purchased ; in 

 1892, 510 plants were purchased ; in 1893, 452. 



469 plants from Asia Minor collected by J. Bornmiiller : 

 purchased; in 1891, 317 Anatolian plants were purchased; 

 in 1894, 315; in 1895, 208 Persian plants; in 1896, 442; in 

 1897, 279. 



Three fasciculi of Dahlstedt's " Hieracia exsiccata " : pur- 

 chased ; the following year, fasc. 4 was purchased. 



243 Malayan plants collected by C. Curtis : purchased ; in 

 1891, 200 were presented ; in 1894, 133. 



194 plants from Honduras collected by Rev. J. Robertson: 

 purchased. 



155 cryptogams from Tonkin collected by Balansa: purchased. 

 113 plants from Natal collected by Mrs. C. S. Clarke: 

 purchased. 



1891. 



420 plants from Gwalior collected and presented by C. 

 Maries, Esq. 



