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Report on the Mosses collected by Mr. C. E. C. Fischer and 

 others from South India and Ceylon. By Mr. H. N. Dixon. 

 (Records, Botanical Survey of India.; 



Studies in the Bryology of New Zealand, Part ii. By Mr. 

 H. N. Dixon. (Bulletin, New Zealand Institute.) 



V. — Acquisitions. 

 (\) By Donation. 



Additions to the British Herbarium have been received from 

 the following donors : — The Council of the South London 

 Botanical Institute, seeds of 9 species, mainly British ; A. 

 Bennett, Esq., 4 Phanerogams ; J. E. Cooper, Esq., 9 species 

 of Alien plants ; J. Gaskill, Esq , a small collection of Lichens, 

 mostly British ; Rev. H. G. Jameson, 285 microscope-prepara- 

 tions of Hepaticse ; Miss G. Lister, 12 Mycetozoa ; J. E. Little, 

 Esq., 44 Phanerogams ; Mrs. A. McCutcheon, 17 Vascular 

 Cryptogams, collected by the Misses D'Arcy ; Rev. E. S. Mar- 

 shall, 179 Phanerogams ; Major-General J. B. Richardson, 2 

 Phanerogams and 8 Cryptogams, collected by Sir John 

 Richardson ; C. E. Salmon, Esq., 25 Phanerogams ; W. R. 

 Sherrin, Esq , 2 Mosses from (Jricksea, Essex ; H. Stuart 

 Thompson, Esq., 8Q Mosses (mostly iiritish) and a Hepatic ; 

 also single specimens from H. A. Britten, Esq. ; W. Howard, 

 Esq.; Miss L. Lyle; and Lieut. J. W. J. Raikes, R.E. 



The following donations have been made to the General 

 Flerbarium : — 



Europe. 



Prof. I. Douin, 2 Mosses and 10 Hepatics from France ; 

 Mrs. A. McCutcheon, 3 Vascular Cryptogams ; H. Stuart 

 Thompson, Esq., 46 Phanerogams from Department Var, 

 France ; also single specimens from H. N. Dixon, Esq., and 

 Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 



Asia. 



The Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 531 Phanerogams collected in Western China by E. E Maire, 

 and 1,408 Phanerogams and 33 Cryptogams collected in 

 Yunnan, Western China, by G. Forrest ; J. C. Christie, Esq., a 

 transverse section of Olive-wood from Jerusalem ; H. N. Dixon, 

 Esq., 16 Hepaticse, mostly from India; H. C. Robinson, Esq. 

 (through H. N. Ridley, Esq.), 91 Phanerogams and 3 Ferns 

 from Selangor, 17 Orchids fiom Gunong Mengkuang, and 62 

 Phanerogams and 7 Ferns from Gunong Kerbau ; and a 

 Chinese specimen from the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Africa. 



The Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund, G98 plants 

 collected in South West Africa by Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, 

 iVliss R. Glover, and others; Lieut. G. St. J. Orde Browne, 

 pi Phanerogams and 5 Vascular Cryptogams fiom Mt. Kenya, 



