REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 1890. 871 
in the ae tee to the Arctic Races, under eee Fo 
1827 ; of those obtained in the voyage of the ‘Erebus’ and ‘ Terr 
in the South Polar Seas, under Sir James Clark Ross, at Mado 
in October 1839, the Cape de Verdes in November 1839, Trinidad 
Hope in March 1840, Tasmania in August 1840, Auckland and 
Campbell Islands in December 184 0, New eran in August 1841, 
oe gaia Islands in April 1842, Hermite Island in November 1842, 
in Ascension Island in May 1843; and in the expedition in 
acarch of Sir John Sank at Disco, in June 1852, and at 
Caswell’s Tower in July 1 
A great series of Be sconic slides, amounting to 3137, formed 
by the late John Ralfs, M.R.C.S., author of The British Desmidiee, 
was presented by his son, Mr, J. W. Ralfs, of Tiviepool They 
consist of specimens of Desiioe Diatomacee, and other Alga, 
and ee the types of his own species, as far as they were in his 
posses 
The Misesith has acquired the scientific correspondence of om 
late Rev. M. J. Berkeley, F.R.S., containing letters from the 
distinguished fangologiais of his day, and S duding those of “Mr. 
C. E. Broome, in reply to his own letters already in the Department 
of Botany. These two series of letters are of much importance, as 
they refer to specimens in Mr. Broome’s great Herbarium, which 
was bequeathed to the Trustees and received four years ago. 
The additions to the collections by presentation during the year 
haye consisted of 26 Chinese plants from Mr. T. mae sere - asi 
Guinea plants, and 675 Australian plants, from Bar on 
Mueller ; specimen of a Myrmecodia, from Prof. Satoh: Dublin; 
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from Mr. 0, B. Clarke; 26 Orchids from Mr. H. J. Veitch ; a 
collection of Assam Ferns from Mr. C. W. Hope; and specimens 
from M H. Feer, F. W. Styan, T. D. A. Cockerell, T. Har- 
court Powell, and C. Bicknell; 157 woods and 42 seeds from 
Victoria, from the Victorian Government; the woody portion of 
the stem of a Cactus from California, from Mr. O. H. Howarth; 
fruits of Monstera, from Lady Theodora Guest; and cones of 
Araucaria Kseidapeie from + Me T. Harcourt Powell. 
