410 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



presented by his widow, and containing about 5000 British and 

 foreign lichens, his MSS. and correspondence, and about 30 bound 

 volumes of lichenological pamphlets by Nylander, J. Miiller, and 

 other authors. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates : — 136 specimens from South Africa from the Botanic 

 Museum, Zurich, through Prof. Hans Schinz ; 6 specimens of 

 AUophyttm from Tropical Africa, through Dr. Engler ; 3 violas 

 from Texas and Mexico from the National Museum, Washington, 

 through R. Rathbone, Esq. ; 33 orchids and 97 cryptogams from 

 the Oakes Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Eastern, Mass., 

 U.S.A.; 384 specimens from California from the University of 

 Pennsylvania, through Prof. John Macfarlane; 240 specimens of 

 Australian plants from J. H. Maiden, Esq. ; 96 specimens from 

 North America from the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass., 

 through Dr. B. L. Robinson ; 142 phanerogams and 4 cryptogams 

 from South Africa collected by Penther and Krook, also 10 plates 

 by Ferdinand Bauer, and Kryptogamee Exsiccatse, cent, xii, xiii, 

 from the Vienna Hofmuseum, through Dr. A. Zahlbruckner ; 249 

 phanerogams and 30 cryptogams from Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 

 through H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 150 ferns collected in the Philippine 

 Islands by E. P. Copeland, from the Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, 

 through Prof. Elmer D. Merrill. 



The principal purchases during the year were : — 233 phanero- 

 gams from Gunong Tahan, Pahang, from H. C. Robinson; 200 

 specimens Flora Stiriaca Exsiccata (fasc. iii.-vi.), from Hayek ; 233 

 specimens from West Indies, series III., 1904-5, from A. H. 

 Curtiss ; 96 specimens from Somaliland, from G. W. Bury ; 

 828 specimens from South Africa, Plantse SehlechteriansB, from 

 Dr. Loesener ; 33 specimens from California, from A. A. Heller ; 

 465 phanerogams and 70 cryptogams from Selkirk, from Chas. 

 Shaw; 165 phanerogams and 39 cryptogams from Bolivia, 

 collected by Fiebrig, from Dr. R. Pilger; 215 specimens, including 

 10 cryptogams from Siam, collected by Dr. Hosseus, from Dr. 

 Wilms ; 1000 specimens including 119 cryptogams, from Yunnan, 

 from Dr. Henry ; 763 specimens from Japan, from Rev. U. Faurie ; 

 239 microphotographs of wood structure, from Williams, Weale & 

 Co. ; 200 specimens Fl. Carniolica, cent. 7 and 8, collected by 

 Paulin; Gramineas Exsiccatae (fasc. xix, xx), from Kneucker; 50 

 specimens (Salicetum Exsiccatum, fasc. i.) collected by Toepffer, 

 from Dulau & Co. ; 200 specimens (Batotheca Europsea, fasc. i.-iv.) 

 from H. Sudre; " Wooden Rose" from Guatemala, from Rosen- 

 berg; 100 fungi imperfecta, from Kab&t and Bubak; 50 North 

 American algae, from Collins, Holden and Setchell; 150 micro-fungi, 

 from Vestergren ; 50 ascomycetous fungi, from Rehm ; 50 fungi 

 selecti, from Jaap; 100 cryptogams of Germany, Austria, and 

 Switzerland, from Migula ; 100 North American fungi, from 

 Bartholomew ; 50 . mosses of the Malay Archipelago, from 

 Fleischer; 100 Brazilian fungi, from Ule; 100 Uredineae, from 

 Sydow ; 170 cryptogams of N. W. India, from Gollan ; 100 Saxon 

 fungi, from Krieger ; 12 prepared British fungi, from Hartley- 



