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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF. BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 1892. 
By Wituiam Carruruers, F.R.S. 
specimens, of which 9000 are Mosses, 6000 Hepatics, and 5000 
ichens, he plants are chiefly British, and supply several 
desiderata to the British collections, besides greatly adding to the 
representation of the distribution of the species 
of 812 species from India, presented by C. B ., F.R.S. 
88 species from Swatow, China, by the Rev. P. T. Maclagan; 456 
nd ne 
. Major Willoughby Verner, Prof. E. Perceval 
aenehs, i ringier Gibson, Mrs. Weber van Bosse, Rev. E. S. 
Pg 
Among the additions to the British Herbarium, by presentation, 
es from the Rey. E. §. Marshall; 
: ‘ - Lea; 40 species from A. Bennett, 
8q.; 42 named Species and varieties of Rubus from Dr. de Cres- 
‘Pigny; and interesting species from the Rev. W. R. Linton, Messrs. 
yan plants, from Dr. King; 32 species of North 
; alae Myxomyecetes, from Professor MacBride ; 100 species of 
OPP achian Mosses, from Mrs. Britton; and 234 specimens 0 
pees from the herbarium of Alex. Braun, from the Director 
€ Royal Botanical Gardens, Berlin, 
