REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM 391 
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the herbarium of T. F. Allen, from the New York Botanical 
Garden. 
The additions = ori Seg Herbarium by presentation have 
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been :—3 specim igors ; ras specimens from 
Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 73 Gepakidtinetd from nes 30 Riddelsdell ; 
2 specimens from Jo . Young, Esq.; 4 specimens from A. B. 
Jackson, Esq. ; 73 soitieni of introduced plants from W. B. 
Allen, Esq. ; 7 specimens from Clement Reid, Esq.; 2 specimens 
from W. Whitehead, Esq.; 10 specimens of Rubi, &e., from Prof. 
D. Oliver ; 4 sop pee from James Groves, Esq.; 10 rare British 
Hepatic from Symers M. Macvicar, Es 
Among the acqui initidn s by presentation special reference may 
be made to the collection “of diatoms formed by the late Thomas 
Glazebrook Rylands, of Warrington, and presented iy his daughter, 
8 Martha G. Rylands. It consists of about 6000 microscope- 
slides in cabinets, and includes the pert of the late Dr. 
Christopher Johnson, of Lancaster, bequeathed to Mr. Rylands. 
It wa s formed more than forty years es when great activity was 
The owing additions have sate od = exchange of 
duplicates :—1100 specimens from Brazil, Central Asia, Russia, 
&e., from the Director, Rito Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg ; 
494 phanerogams and 12 eryptogams from Singapore, Siam, &c., 
from the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore; 37 speci- 
mens of Coprosma from New Ze rom J. F. Cheeseman Esq. ; 
308 specimens from South Africa, sollebted by R. Schlechter, from 
the Director of the Botanic Museum, Zurich; 395 specimens from 
Tibet and 94 specimens from tropical Africa, from the Director, 
Royal Gardens, Kew; 56 specimens from Jamaica, from the 
Java, from the Director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden ; 
100 Kryptogame Exsiccate, from the Hofmuseum, Vienna 
13 specimens of ea Australian orchids, from Oswald Sargent, 
Esq., York, West A 
e principal ninccibe uring the year were :—200 specimens 
“Flora Stiriaca Exsiccata,” fase. 7-10, from Hayek; 273 speci- 
mens “ Plante ea mses,” from Dr. — ; 227 pam 
phanerogams and 6 eryptogams from Tucuman, Argentina, col- 
