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273 Indian and Malayan plants, from Dr. King; 32 species 

 of North American Myxomycetes, from Professor MacBride ; 

 100 species of Appalachian Mosses, from Mrs. Britton ; and 

 234 specimens of Characese from the Herbarium of Alex. 

 Braun, from the Director of the Roy. Botanical Gardens, 

 Berlin. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : 

 300 species of European plants from Dr. Schultz ; 478 species 

 from Spain collected by Porta and Rigo ; 362 species from 

 Turkey collected by Sintenis ; 348 species from Dahuria 

 collected by Karo ; 70 species from Syria collected by Dr. 

 Post; 117 species from Natal by J. M. Wood; 195 species 

 from Madagascar collected by the Rev. R. Baron ; 510 species 

 from Bolivia collected by Bang ; 205 species from Paraguay 

 collected by Morong ; 170 species from Western China, being 

 the completion of the collection of Mr. Pratt ; 494 Hepaticse 

 from the Amazon collected by Spruce; 1968 species of cellular 

 plants from different regions from Professor Ralfs ; 100 species 

 of Algse of Europe from Roumeguere and Dupray ; 50 species 

 of Italian Algse from Levi-Morenos ; 100 European Algae from 

 Hauck ; 25 species of Characese from Migula ; 400 species of 

 European Mosses from Sydow ; 565 species of Brazilian 

 Lichens from Wainio ; 505 microscopic preparations of Fungi, 

 and a large collection of specimens of Indian Fungi made by 

 the late Dr. Barclay ; 20 preparations of Fungi by Herpell; 

 150 species of Uredinese by Sydow ; 100 species of Fungi 

 from Lombardy, from Cavara ; 150 species of French Fungi 

 from Tempere ; and 200 species of American Fungi from 

 Seymour and Earl. 



William Sowerby, Esq., presented a model of Clathrus 

 cancellatus made by the elder Sowerby, which has been 

 added to the models in the Exhibition Gallery. 



The collection of prints and drawings of plants has been 

 increased by the presentation of 11 illustrations of the species 

 of Masdevallia by Miss Woolward ; 19 photographs and 17 

 engravings of Cycadece by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters ; and 8 

 plates of Hepaticse by Mr. George Massee ; and by the pur- 

 chase of 21 original drawings of Fungi by J. Bolton of 

 Halifax ; and 1,036 original water colour drawings of Fungi 

 by Mr. Massee. 



The following works have been presented to the Library 

 of the Department : — 



Annals of the R. Botanical Garden, Calcutta, by the Sec- 

 retary of State for India ; Engler's Hochgebirgsflora des 

 tropischen Af rika, by the Author ; Von Mueller's Icono- 

 graphy of Australian Salsolaceous Plants, from the Public 

 Library, Victoria ; Vasey's Grasses of the South-West, and 



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