220 NOTICES OF BOOKS AND MEMOIRS, 



the distinguished botanist, which he bequeathed to the Trustees. 

 It contains the types of the species described in his numerous 

 systematic works and memoirs, as far as they were in his own 

 possession, together with an extensive series of South American 

 plants from various collectors, and many valuable collections from 

 other regions of the world. Besides the plants, Mr. John W. Miers 

 has presented to the Department the large series of original 



drawings made by his father from the living plants in South 

 America, and from dissections of plants in later years. 



There have been added to the Herbarium a valuable series of 

 Indian Plants, consisting of 951 species, presented by C. B. Clarke, 

 Esq., and 260 species of plants from Borneo, collected by Mr. 

 Burbidge, and presented by Messrs. H. and A. Veitch. In addition 

 to these a valuable collection made on the Sierra Nevada, New 

 Grenada, by Mr. F. A. A. Simons, has been acquired ; also a 

 collection from New Zealand, made by Dr. Berggren ; from Syria, 

 by Dr. Post ; and from Java, by Mr. H. 0. Forbes. The Fern 

 herbarium of the late Edward Newman, consisting of 514 species 

 of Ferns, was presented to the Trustees by his son, T. P. Newman, 

 Esq. A collection of the Mosses of the Cape of Good Hope, made 

 and named by Dr. Behmann, has been purchased, and a small 

 series of 29 species of Mosses, collected by the naturalists in the 

 Arctic Expedition, has been received. A collection of Lichens 

 from Central France, formed and named by Dr. Nylander, has 

 been acquired. A small collection of unicellular Alga), made by 

 W. Simpson, Esq., in Afghanistan, has been presented by that 

 gentleman. Other Algas have been received from Dr. Babenhorst, 

 and from the Government Expedition to Kerguelen's Land. 

 Collections of Fungi have been obtained from Oudemans, formed 

 in the Netherlands ; Saccardo, formed in Northern Italy; Baben- 

 horst, formed chiefly in Germany ; and Bavenal, formed in the 

 United States. 



In the British Herbarium there have been added during the 

 year 78 species from Mrs. Fry, and several rare and critical 

 flowering plants from J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., Messrs. H. and 

 J. Groves, and others, together with critical species of Fungi from 

 0. E. Broome, Esq., and a coUection of Sphamace®, by Mr. 

 Plownght An interesting series of microscopical preparations of 

 British Cellular Cryptogams, formed by Mr. W. Joshua, has been 

 acquired. 



t\ * he , series of woods has been added a collection from 

 Cordoba and Tucuman, accompanied with the foliage and flowers 

 of the trees from which the specimens were taken. 



lo the collection of vegetable structures in spirits have been 

 added specimens of the flower-panicles of Aloe dichotoma and Aloe 



i' f '" fr J m . South Africa > Presented by Boland Trimen, Esq. ; 

 ana oi the fruit of SeyphocMamy* revoMa, from Bodriguez. 



1 he collection of drawings and engravings of plants has been 



largely increased during the year by the further incorporation of 



}' ; ™f „ and . eu S™ vl »gs previously acquired, and by the purchase 



oi 8772 further drawings and engravings. The number of visits 



