182 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM. 
A large series of desiderata from the Herbarium of J. G. Baker, 
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“81 species of Phanerogamia and Ferns, and 80 species of Liehens; 
collected by Dr. I. B. Balfour, in the Island of Rodriguez, during the 
Transit Expedition ; presented by the Council of the Royal egy 
80 species of Freshwater Alge, and 44 species of thea ; col- 
180 species and varieties of Pals from ‘the Amazon region ; col 
ey and presented by Dr. Trail. 
3 species of Palms from Bitton 3 collected and presented by Dr. 
ze “4 Bagg oe 
species of plants from False Bay, Cape of Good Hope; col- 
isetol and presented by Dr. Hahn. 
60 species of flowering plants from the neighbourhood of Godhavn, 
Greenland ; col'ected and presented by Captain Fielden. 
107 species of Orchides, named by Professor Reiche nbac 
ie 99 species of plants from evpt: collected and presented aby H. A. 
urst, 
‘ 237 species of plants from Southern Europe; collected and named 
A collection of plants from the Assyr Mountains, in the Yemen, 
Arabia, through the Rev. A. B. Millington, 
20 Bae 3 of Nepenthes, cultivated and presented by H. J- 
Veitch, Esq. 
59 species of Freshwater Alge and 80 species of Lichens, from the 
Cape of Good Hope ; collected and presented by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. 
500 species of Fungi; collected and named by Thuemen. 
400 species of Fungi; collected and named by Saccardo. 
100 species of Fungi; collected and named by Rehm 
59 preparations of Cape Algw, by Dr. Reinsch. 
Specimens have also been contributed to the Herbarium by Lord 
Walsingham, Sir P. de ego = Egerton, Bart.; Sir W. C. 
Trevelyan, Bie: Messrs. R. A. Pryor, J. C. M snack Ploydell: F. M. 
Webb, A. Craig Christie, M. dge, E. M. Holmes, T. Howse, 
H. Groves, C. Packe, and Professor T. R. Jones. 
__ Figures of 2991 species of plants ma been added to the collection 
of Botanical cine pak ab 
- The number of visits paid coring 1876 to the Herbarium for 
scientific inquiry or research w: 1237. The following foreign 
botanists may be specified sa hati tes used the Herbarium in prosecuting 
their various studies :—Pro i 
: essor Cohn, of Breslau, for his works on 
Cryptogamic Botany; Dr. Buaillon, ot Paris, for his works on Syste- 
tic Botany ; fessor henb of Hamburg, for his Memoirs 
on Orchidee ; Dr. Bauke, of Berlin, for his oo in the minute 
Fungi; M. C. de Candolle, for his Monograph of he Meliacee ; and 
Professor von Atti i, , for his in be austin s on Fossil 
Plants. Among British Botanists, the following may be specified :— 
Professor Bentley, in connection with 7 and Trimen’s *‘ Medici- 
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