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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 
1886. 
By W. Carrutuers, F.R.S. 
Durine the past year 48,111 pata ee. owe. fee peas A 
named, and inserted in their. laces in the 
in Central ola by Schultz, in Greece by Heldreich and Orpha- 
nides, in India by Beddome, Sehlagintweit and King, in Central 
Asia by Regel, in West Java by H. O. Forbes, in Australia by 
Baron von Mueller and the Rev. T. Lea, in South Africa by Robert 
Brown, Bolus, Woods and MacOwan, in Madagascar by Baron, and 
specimens received from Baillon, in Zanzibar by the Rev _W.E. 
Taylor, in Columbia by Moritz, in Mexico by Pringle, and in North 
America by Richardson, Ourtiss, Suksdorf, Lemmon, Faweett, and 
Howell. The specimens contained in the Herbarium of Hepatice 
_ purchased from the late Dr. Hampe have been all mounted and 
arrange considerable portion of the Wilson Herbarium of 
Mosses have been mounted and ar ranged, and the se collection 
of Alge which belonged to the late Prof. Dickie. The extensive 
series of Roses that belonged to Zeer have been mounted and 
arranged in Se hid for ready reference. 
The most important addition A ‘the collections during the past 
year was the herbarium of the distinguished mycologist, C. E. 
ruste i 
lly-arranged collection of British and foreign Fungi, com- 
prising about 40,000 specimens, all accurately named and localised, 
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and collected in Western America and the econ Islands. The 
collection consists Sarin of cellular cryptogams, grasses, and 
Cyperacea, and contains many plants of his own éollesting, besides 
1 ensis.’ By exchange also a small 
. ection of Plants fede scar consisting of 55 species, was 
tained from the Jardin @ des aes — an ee series of 
the fruits of Canada, formed | as f. Mae 
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the great se have been presented by the priori of Kew Gardai 
ee The other additions to the collections by presentation during 
8 the year oe consisted of 1421 species of plants from Australia, 
oS and  emes ted by the Rev. T. S. Lea . 929 plants from 
the Rabai Hills and te districts in Eastern Tropical Africa, 
