THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 179 
II.— To the Structural Series. 
Fruit Collection. 
Pod of Are. er Old Calabar ; presented by W. C. Small, Esq. 
Fruit of Bign echinata, from Quito ; presented by George Bruce, Esq. 
Cone of Pains excelsa. 
Pods of Mucuna umbellata, Bus Angola; presented by Dr. Welwitsch. 
11 species of fruits, from Nica 
Cones of Wellingtonia and Fruits of Sagus Vitiensis; presented by 
H. J. Veitch, Es sq. 
Cones of Dion edule and Zamia muricata ; presented by Mrs. Yates. 
Cones and Fruits of Welwitschia mirabilis aud Seeds of Musa ventricosa ; 
presented by Dr. Welwitsch. 
General Collection. 
Portion of the Great aa tree of Orotava ; presented by the Trustees 
Th ooden x me Gua 
Specimen of an Indian-rubber Seat pone ground on the Upper Rio 
egro; presented by A. H. Wickham, Esq. 
Specimen of Welwitschia mirabilis, from Central Africa; from Dr. 
itsch. 
300 sections of Recent Woods; prepared by Dr. Nordlinger. 
À large series of specimens illustrating the parasitism of the Mistletoe on 
nine different species of trees grown in England; presented by t the 
Rev. Robert Blight. 
A flowering stem of Litlea geminiflora ; presented by Mrs. Yates. 
IIT.— To the Fossil Series. 
Specimen of an unopened bud of a fossil Palm from Antigua; presented 
by Dr. F. J. Farre. : 
Specimens de fossil plants from trappean rocks near Burntisland ; pre- 
sented rieve, Esq. 
pasce of nea ad fossils from the Ash Bed at Arran; presented 
by E. Wunsch, Esq. 
Cone of Flemin gites pana and other fossils, from the Airdrie Coal- 
field ; cailloater by 
A fine series of Dern plants from Kiltorkan, Ireland. 
Sections of Calamites and eder € ; from Mr. oe 
Specimens of Coniferous w n flint, from the c 
: cimens of dieotyledonous wide oer xm Crag mg 
3 specimens of fossil woods; prepared by 
Hal pi of eue wood fro A Beis, Berks; spesiennd by Prof. T. 
Rupert Jo 
The iiec of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the 
purpose of scientific research, was 14 435... The following foreign botanists 
may be specified as having vei the Herbarium in prosecuting their 
on 
different studies : , of Paris, for his investigations into the ora 
of Northern Africa of Lund, for his work on Rudi ; Fries, 
the younger, of Upsala, for his Lichenological researches, and his — 
9 of Greenl che , for hi m 
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Marine Phanerogams, and for other plants; Castracane, of Florence, for 
the study of the Diatomucee ; Van Heurck, of Antwerp, for his work o 
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