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OFFICIAL REPORT FOR 1883 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 
IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
By W. Carruruers, F.R.S. 
Tue principal additions to the collections during the year have 
consisted in a further continuation of the valuable herbarium 
of Indian plants presented by Charles Baron Clarke, Esq. 
amounting to 182 species; 878 species of*plants from Socotra, 
collected and presented by Professor Bayley Balfour; 538 species 
of American plants, presented by F. C. S. Roper, Esq.; 876 
species of North American plants, from the Department of 
Agriculture, United States; 187 species of European plants from 
. ett, Esq.; a small collection of plants from Ceylon, 
presented by Dr. Trimen; 27 species of Australian Orchids, 
manian Mosses, presented by E. T. Newton, Esq.; 11 species 
of North American Polygalacea, from A. Bennett, Ksq.; a sma 
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Orchide@ and 8 Aroidee, from H. J. Veitch, Esq.; and specimens 
of Pringlea and Lyallia from the ‘ Challenger’ office. The follow- 
ing collections have been acquired by purchase :—1,234 plants 
from South Africa, collected by Rehmann; and 340 from the same 
region, collected by Ecklon and Zeyher; from Madagascar 707 
plants collected by Hildebrandt, 531 by Baron, and 450 by Deans 
Cowan; 830 from the Caucasus, collected by Brotherus; 233 
plants from Palestine, collected by Post; 1,500 plants from 
Sumatra, collected by Forbes; 700 plants from New Zealand, 
species of Fungi from Austria, collected by Rehm ; 100 species of 
- ungi from Germany, from Thuemen; 100 slides of Diatomacee 
collected by Man on; and a specimen of the rare Broomeia 
congregata, presented by Professor MacOwan. 
A series of fruits from Sumatra, collected by H. 0. Forbes, Esq., 
has been added to the collection of fruits ; a portion of the trunk of 
a fine Yew tree from Sutton Park has been presented by his Grace 
the Duke of Devonshire ; and 23 specimens of raw vegetable fibres 
from South-east Java, presented by H. O. Forbes, Esq. 
To the British Herbarium there have been added the valuable 
herbarium of the Rey. Hugh Davies, author of ‘ Welsh Botan- 
ologia,’ ining the ecimens of 
species from the Rey. W. H. Painter; 116 species from C. Bailey, 
Esq.; 91 species from J. Saunders, Esq.; 75 species from Horace 
