212 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM. 
value for oo the naming of the living plants in the garden, 
those sent by “horticulturists, which arrive in large numbers, 
throughout the summer months especially. 
OFFICIAL REPORT FOR 1872 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
BOTANY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
By Witrram Carrvruers, F.R.S. 
Dunine the past year the work of incorporating in the General 
Herbarium the plants that had been papers and named, but from 
want of cabinet space had not been inserted in their places, has 
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which still remain only partially arranged in the store cabinets of the 
Department. 
The aap of incorporating the extensive additions to the Herba- 
rium which has been carried on during the past year has necessitated 
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@, Epacridea, anactaaa sa Polemoniacee, ‘pan cee, Orobanchacee, 
Globularies, Graminea, Lycopodiacee, and $% 
The follow — ‘opllgettne have bee mn coithot entirely or in part 
incorporated in the Genera saad :—The plants of Corsica, 
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Sieber ; of Demerara , by Appun ; and of Brazil, by Weir. In addition 
to these, extensive selections have been made from Nuttall’s Herba- 
rium of North American amy from Wallich’s, and from Hooker and 
Thomson’s Indian collectio 
mportant maddie ya been made seorsagr recent years by 
purchase or presentation to the British Herba the arrangement 
and critical naming of this valua ble Pe gines's ‘of “Britis h plants have 
been continued. The following Natural Orders have been carefully 
d :— cacee, 
The following are the a sSeaneee to the collections of the 
Department during the year 1872 
