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1899. 



321 plants from Tropical Africa collected and presented by 

 Lord Delamere. 



227 plants from Chinese Turkestan collected and presented 

 by Capt. H. H. P. Deasy. 



188 Arabian plants collected and presented by Dr. A. S. G. 

 Jayakar. 



162 plants from the West Indies, collected by Dr. Gregory 

 and presented by a joint committee of the Royal Society and the 

 British Association. 



154 Samoan cryptogams collected by the Rev. T. Powell : 

 presented. 



153 microscope-preparations of diatoms from St. Vincent, 

 West Indies, presented by E. Grove, Esq. 



Collections of Phytoplankton, from South Atlantic, presented 

 by Capt. A. Turbyne ; from North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, 

 presented by W. L. Browne, Esq. ; and from the Red Sea, Indian 

 Ocean, North Pacific, etc., presented by Capt. G. K. Wright, 

 R.N.R. 



Eight centuries of " Kryptogamse Exsiccatse " of the Vienna 

 Hof museum : acquired by exchange, between the years 1899 and 

 1902. 



120 Himalayan mosses collected by Mrs. Bradford were 

 acquired by exchange; in 1901, 108 Indian cryptogams were 

 acquired. 



109 lichens collected during the Hassler Expedition, and 

 106 during the U.S. Exploring Expedition : acquired by 

 exchange. 



7,703 slides of marine algae, mostly Florideae, prepared by Prof. 

 Schmitz : purchased. 



Herbarium of 3,121 British mosses, formed by Rev. H. G. 

 Jameson : purchased. 



648 plants from Colorado collected by Baker, Earle, and 

 Tracey : purchased ; in 1900, 725 plants were purchased. 



500 species, being Linhart's " Fungi Hungarici " : purchased. 



338 plants from Sarawak collected by E. Bartlett : pur- 

 chased. 



250 plants from Costa Rica collected by A. Tonduz : pur- 

 chased ; in 1900, 519 plants were purchased; in 1902, 109. 



625 specimens, forming twenty-five fasciculi of Vestergren's 

 " Micromycetes Selecti" : purchased in 1899 and subsequently. 



