REPORT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 1891. 375 



The additions to the collection by presentation during the year 

 have consisted af 2369 Indian plants from C. B. Clarke, Esq., 

 F.R.S.; 595 Indian plants from Dr. George King, F.R.8. ; 775 

 Malayan plants from H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 200 Malayan plants from 

 C. Curtis, Esq. ; 120 Indian plants from J. F. Duthie, Esq. ; 

 420 plants from Gwalior, from C. Maries, Esq. ; 22 plants from 

 China, from the Rev. G. J. Maclagan ; 160 ferns from St. Vincent's, 

 and a collection of ferns from the Island of Grenada, from the West 

 Indies Exploration Committee of the Royal Society; 100 South 

 African plants from Professor Macoun and H. Bolus, Esq. ; 343 

 Australian plants from Baron Ferdinand von Mueller; 4 plants 

 from the Tonga Islands by R. B. Leefe, Esq. ; 241 Canadian plants 



by Professor Macoun ; specimens of American Molcacea by J. N. 

 Rose and B. L. Robinson, Esqs. ; 10 species of Jamaican fruits from 

 W. Fawcett, Esq. ; and specimens of cultivated orchids from H. J. 

 Veitch, Esq., and Mrs. Wolstenholme. 



A small collection of 60 species of Algae presented by Professor 

 Flahault is of special interest, as they are types of the " Revision 

 des Nostocacees heterocystees " ; by MM. Bornet and Flahault. 

 Among other presents of cellular plants are 35 species from Ceylon, 

 presented by E. E. Green, Esq. ; 23 Algae from the Cape, by W. 

 Tyson, Esq.; 356 Canadian Hepaticae collected by Professor 

 Macoun, and presented by him through W. H. Pearson, Esq., 

 who described them ; 18 Algae from the Andaman Islands, by Dr. 

 Prain ; 10 species from Colorado, by T. D. A. Cockerell, Esq. ; 

 4 species from New Zealand, by Vaughan Jennings, Esq. ; 27 Algae 

 from the Black Sea, by Miss Karsokoff ; 3 slides of Pachytheca 

 from Sir J. D. Hooker ; 96 species of Mosses from New South 

 Wales, from the Rev. James Lamont ; 5 Algae and 1 Fungus from 

 Baron F. von Mueller ; 254 Mosses from Mrs. \\ olstenholme, and 

 specimens from Professor Cramer, M. Bornet, H. N. Ridley, Esq., 

 B. B. Woodward, Esq., Dr. Braithwaite, and W. G. Smith, .hsq.; 

 43 species of Mosses and Hepatics collected by I endler in Trinidad, 

 by the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Among the additions to the British Herbarium, by presentation, 

 are the following :— 306 specimens by the Rev. E.J. Marshall; 

 162 specimens of flowering plants and 55 Algae by the Rev. 1. S. 

 Lea ; 180 specimens from the Herbarium of the late T. R. A. 

 Brings, through the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew ; 146 specimens 

 from J. B. Davy, Esq. ; 39 specimens from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 

 32 specimens from W. H. Beeby, Esq. ; 26 specimens from J. VV. 

 White, Esq.; and various specimens ot flowering plants from 

 G C. Druce, Esq., W. Whitwell, Esq., J. Benbow, Esq., and the 

 Rev R P Murray. Mr. Clement Reid has presented numerous 

 fruits aiid seeds of British plants. Various specimens of Cryptogams 

 have been received from Sir John Thorold, Bart., J. Saunders, 

 Esq., George Traill, Esq., F. C. 8. Roper, Esq Arthur Bennett, 

 Esq E. B. Marston, Esq., J. Smith, Esq., and Processor Hartog. 



The following collections hr~ ■ ■— — —-a ^ «™*«n«i :- 

 nhotosranhs of the original type 



