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Volcanic Bombs, ejected in 1888 from Vulcano, Lipari 

 Island ; by Dr. Johnston-Lavis, f.g.S. 



Scoriaceous Leucitophyre, ejected in 1891 from Vesuvius ; 

 and Granite, a wind-worn pebble ; Reval, Esthonia ; by 

 A. Smith Woodward, Esq., F.G.S. 



Glaucophane Schist ; Strua Valley, Piedmont ; by J. W. 

 Gregory, Esq., f.g.S. 



A Collection of 35 Specimens chiefly from the Lepontine 

 Alps ; by J. Eccles, Esq., F.G.s. 



Nine Specimens of volcanic material from Mount Etna, 

 chiefly ejected in 1892; by Signer S. Gioeni. 



By Purchase : 



Seven specimens collected by Mr. Whymper in the Andes. 



Ninety-six specimens from the Island of Pantelleria and 

 the Lipari Islands. 



A collection of 58 polished slabs of modern Continental 

 Marbles. 



A collection of 93 specimens from Gran Canaria, Canary 

 Islands. 



A collection of 211 specimens from Corsica. 



12th January 1893. L. Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



During the year 29,658 specimens have been named, mounted, 

 and inserted in their places in the Herbarium. These have con- 

 sisted principally of plants from Europe, by Schultz ; from 

 Spain, by Porta and Rigo, and Murray ; from Anatolia, by 

 Bornmiiller ; from Dahuria, by Karo ; from India, by King, 

 Schlaginweit, Clarke, and Hooker and Thomson ; from the 

 Malay Peninsula, by Ridley and Curtis ; from China, by 

 Hance, Pratt, and Henry ; from Corea, by Carles ; from North 

 Africa, by Barbey ; from Egypt, by Du Parquet ; from Natal, 

 by Wood ; from South Africa, by MacOwan and Bolus ; from 

 Madagascar, by Baron; from St. Vincent, by Elliot; from 

 Honduras, by Robertson ; from New Grenada, by Triana ; 

 •from the Amazon region, by Spruce ; from the western slopes 

 of the Andes, by Pearce; from the high Andes, by Whymper; 

 from Bolivia, by Bang; from Chili, by Borchers; from Brazil, 

 by Wainio ; from Paraguay, by Morong ; from Australia, by 

 Baron von Mueller, Lamont and Drummond ; from the Ant- 

 arctic regions, by Sir Joseph D. Hooker ; and of numerous 

 specimens from the Herbaria of Wilson, Ravenal and Auers- 

 wald. 

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