1-12 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Ceylon, presented by E. E. Green, Esq. ; 23 Algse from the 

 Cape, by W. Tyson, Esq. ; 356 Canadian Hepaticfe collected 

 by Professor Macoun, and presented by him through W. H. 

 Pearson, Esq., who described them ; 18 Algge from the Anda- 

 man Islands, b}^ Dr. Prain ; 10 species from Colorado, by T. D. 

 A. Cockerell, Esq. ; four species from New Zealand, by Vaughan 

 Jennings, Esq. ; 27 Algse from the Black Sea, by Miss Kars- 

 okofF ; three slides of Pachytheca from Sir J. D. Hooker ; 96 

 species of Mosses from New South Wales, from the Rev. James 

 Lamont ; five Alga? and one Fungus from Baron F. von 

 Mueller ; 2-54 Mosses from Mrs. Wolstenholme, and specimens 

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

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

 43 species of Mosses and Hepatics collected by Fendler in 

 Trinidad, by the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Among the additions to the British Herbarium, by presenta- 

 tion, are the following : 306 specimens by the Rev. E. J. Mar- 

 shall ; 162 specimens of flowering plants and 55 Algae by 

 the Rev. T. S. Lea ;" 180 specimens from the Herbarium of the 

 late T. R. A. Briggs, 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. W. White, Esq. ; and various specimens 

 of 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 and seeds of 

 British plants. Various specimens of Cryptogams have been 

 received from Sir John Thorold, Bart., J. Saunders, Esq., 

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

 R. B. Marston, Esq., J. Smith, Esq., and Professor Hartog. 



The following collections have been acquired by exchange : 

 photographs of the original types of rare species of 

 Adiantum, not in the Herbarium, from M. Bommer, of 

 Brussels ; 31 species of Mosses from Australia and the 

 Philippine Islands, from V. F. Brotherus ; 11 species of 

 Hepaticae from Bolivia, from Mrs. Britton, and three 

 Alga? from E. M. Holmes, Esq. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : 

 603 species of plants collected in Bolivia by M. Bang ; 440 

 species of Syrian plants collected by Professor Post; 601 

 plants from the Tibetan frontier collected by Pratt ; 2,706 

 plants from Western China collected by Dr. Henry; 300 

 plants from Anatolia collected by Bornmiiller; 497 plants 

 from Spain collected by Porta and Rigo ; 189 plants from 

 Central Paraguay collected by the Rev. T. Morong ; 200 

 plants from Honduras collected by the Rev. J. Robertson ; 

 201 plants from the south east of Madagascar collected by 

 Cloisel ; 100 Scandinavian Hieracia collected by Dahlstadt ; 



50 specimens 



