150 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



260 cellular Cryptogams collected on his various expedi- 

 ditions, by Dr. M'Cormick, R.N., and bequeathed by him ; 92 

 species of cellular plants from the Andes, collected and pre- 

 sented by Mr. E. Whymper ; 40 species of cellular plants 

 from New Zealand, from Miss Rye ; 39 species of cellular 

 plants from Singapore, presented by Mr. H. N. Ridley ; speci- 

 mens of cellular plants from Rev. H. G. Jameson, Mr. H. W. 

 Monington, Mr. C. H. Wright, Mr. W. H. Pearson, Mr. W. 

 H. Paterson, Rev. E. S. Marshall, Mr. A. W. Bennett, Mr. 

 Charles Whatmore, Prof. Harvey Gibson, Mr. George Massee, 

 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, Mr. E. A. L. Batters, Dr. Wilson 

 Barker, and Prof. Johnson ; 16 Australian Algse from Mr. 

 C. Hampden Wigram ; 110 Astralian Algte from Mr. George 

 Clifton, R.N. ; 138 Australian Algae, collected by Mr. Brace- 

 bridge Wilson, from Baron Ferdinand von Mueller ; six species 

 of Algas from Port Elizabeth, from Mr. H. A. Spencer ; 221 

 specimens of Alg?e from the Cape of Good Hope, collected and 

 presented by Mr. Leonard A. Boodle ; 53 British Fungi, pre- 

 sented by Mr. Horatio Piggot ; 30 slides of Indian Uredinese, 

 and two Fungi from Simla, from Dr. A. Barclay. 



Among the additions to the British Herbarium are : — 209 

 specimens from the Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 410 specimens from 

 the Rev. T. S. Lea ; 53 specimens from Mr. John Benbow ; 

 32 specimens from Mr. W. H. Beeby ; 37 specimens from 

 the late Mr. T. R. Archer Briggs ; 11 .specimens from Mr. R. 

 W. Scully ; and others from Misses R. F. and F. P. Thompson, 

 Messrs. F. J. Hanbury, W. Whitwell, and F. C. S. Roper ; and 

 an important collection of fruits and seeds from Mr. Clement 

 Reid. 



The following collections have been acquired by exchange : — 

 179 of Schweinfurth's Arabian plants ; 452 Sandwich Islands 

 plants from Hillebrand ; 467 Japanese plants from the St. 

 Petersburg Herbarium ; 224 of Schimper's Abyssinian plants 

 from the Berlin Herbarium ; 10 American MalvaceGe from 

 J. N. Rose ; Deleseria amhoinensi^ from Count Solms 

 Laubach. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase : — 

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

 113 Natal plants from Mrs. C. S. Clarke; 300 Hieracia of 

 Scandinavia, from H. Dahlstedt ; 358 Mexican plants, from 

 C. S. Pringle ; 469 Asia Minor plants, from Bornmiiller ; 243 

 Penang plants from C. Curtis ; 706 Cyi^eracece and Graminecv, 

 from Col. Beddome; 25 specimens oiErythroia from Wittrock ; 

 111 specimens of Natal plants, from J. M. Wood ; 603 Bolivian 

 plants, from H. H. Rusby ; 526 Syrian plants from G. E. Post; 

 1,975 plants from the Republic of Columbia, collected by F. J. 

 Lehmann ; 320 Greek plants, from Orphanides ; 8 Muscinece 

 15 lichens, and 132 fungi from Tonkin, collected by Balansa ; 

 106 specimens of South African Hepaticse collected by Rehmann ; 

 74 British Hepaticas from Carrington and Pearson ; 1,287 

 lichens from Rev. J. M. Crombie ; 100 Algse from Hauck and 

 Richter ; 11 preparations of North American Diatomacese ; 



25 British 



