252 REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OP BOTANY, BRIT. MUS., FOR 1887. 



species of British Mosses from E. G. Baker, Esq. ; 60 species of 

 Algae from the North Sea from E. M. Holmes, Esq. ; 20 species 

 from the North Sea from George Murray, Esq. ; 16 species of 

 British Algae from Capt. Young ; 15 species from Alex. Anderson ; 

 six specimens of monstrous flowers and stems from Br. M. T. 



Masters, F.B.S. 



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22 specimens of New Zealand Woods from J. J. Collis, Esq. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : — 360 

 species of Greek plants collected by Orphanides ; 30 species of 

 Swedish Violets ; 60 species of Rubus from Benmark ; 200 species 

 of German plants from Schultz ; 100 species from Sicily, collected 

 by Lojacono; 289 species of Galitzian plants, collected by B. 

 Blocki ; 100 species of Junri from Brof. Caruel ; 500 species of 

 German Mosses from Sidow ; 100 species of European Mosses ; 

 200 species of freshwater Algae from France, from Mougeot, 

 Bupray, and Boumeguere ; 280 species of freshwater Algae from 

 France, with notes and drawings, by Besmazieres ; 50 species of 

 Fungi from Bebm ; 642 species from Sumatra, Java, New Guinea, 

 Borneo, and Abyssinia, collected by O. Beccari ; 159 species from 

 the Comoro Islands, collected by Humblot ; 1459 species of plants 

 from East Tropical Africa, collected by the Bev. W. E. Taylor; 159 

 species from Lukoma, Lake Victoria, Nyassa, Africa, collected by 

 W. Bellmgham ; 100 species of North American plants, collected 

 by Curtiss ; 696 species, collected by Marcus E. Jones ; 683 species 

 from Mexico, collected by Br. Balmer ; 400 species from Southern 

 California, collected by C. B. Orcutt ; 348 species of Canadian 

 Mosses, collected by Macoun ; 580 species of plants from Columbia, 

 collected by Lehmann. 



By exchange, the following collections have been acquired : — 489 

 Austro- Hungarian plants from Kerner ; 24 Austrian plants from 

 Imtsche; 198 Fortuguese plants from Henriquez ; 276 species of 

 Indian plants from J. F. Buthie, Esq. ; 870 species of Canadian 

 plants from the Birector of the Geological Survey of Canada ; and 

 101 species of plants from Jamaica, from Wm. Fawcett, Esq. 



Ihe manuscript records of the distribution of British plants, 

 collected by the late Mr. H. C. Watson, for his ' Cybele Britannica,' 

 nave been presented by the Birector of the Boyal Gardens, Kew ; 

 and contributions to the library have been received from Brof. 

 Agardh, J. G. Baker, Esq., C. Bucknall, Esq., Br. Ernst, H. M. 

 £epp Esq the late Prof. Asa Gray, Br. King, W. H. Pearson, 

 Esq., the late John Smith, Lieut.-Gen. Strachey, H. J. Veitch, 



if xx ' and the Nederlandische Bot. Verein. 



Mr. Henry N. Ridley, an assistant in the Department, obtained 

 an extension of his annual leave of absence to enable him to 

 explore the oceanic island Fernando de Noronha. He secured a 

 large number of specimens illustrating the physical structure and 

 natural history of the island, amounting to 150 specimens of rocks 

 and minerals; 200 species of plants, and 250 species of animals, 

 llie whole are being worked out by officers in the Museum, with the 

 view of publication. 



