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1,335 years. It is being prepared for exhibition in the Great 

 Hall. 



The additions to the collections by presentation have 

 consisted of 4,087 plants from Malaya, presented by H. N. 

 Ridley, Esq.; 472 plants from India and Malaya, presented 

 by Dr. King ; 490 specimens of Indian Cyperacece, pre- 

 sented by C. B. Clarke, Esq. ; 72 species from the Corea, 

 collected and presented by T. H. Veitch, Esq. ; 230 species 

 from Nyasaland, collected by Mr. Whyte, and presented by 

 Her Majesty's Commissioner, H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B. ; 52 

 specimens of woods and fruits of Rap?tia, from Nyasaland, 

 collected and presented by J. Buchanan, Esq., c.m.g. ; 1,158 

 specimens from Sierra Leone, collected and presented by 

 G. F. Scott Elliot, Esq. ; and 27 species from the same country 

 from H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B. ; 200 species from the Cape 

 of Good Hope, by Messrs. MacOwan and Bolus ; 74 South 

 African plants from Mrs. Saunders ; 138 plants from West 

 Australia, collected and presented by T. H. Veitch, Esq. ; 24 

 species from Gippsland, and 32 other Australian plants, pre- 

 sented by Baron von Mueller ; 55 plants from West Australia, 

 collected by Brewer, and presented by J. Cosmo Melvill, Esq. ; 

 500 species from Siberia, presented by Arthur Bennett, Esq. ; 

 295 plants from St. Vincent, collected by Smith, and pre- 

 sented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. ; 29 species of Mexican 

 Malvacecv, collected by Palmer, and presented by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington ; specimens of several 

 Chilian Malvacece, presented by Dr. Philippi ; 133 specimens 

 from Uruguay, collected and presented by O. V. Aplin, Esq., 

 44 species from the Argentine Republic, collected and presented 

 by Mr. White ; 32 species from Canada, collected and presented 

 by Professor Macoun ; specimens of cultivated orchids from 

 James Veitch, Esq., and from F. W. Moore, Esq. 



A large collection consisting 1,097 cellular plants collected 

 by Elliot in Dominica and St. Vincent was presented by 

 the Committee for the Exploration of the West Indies ; 166 

 Algie from the Cape of Good Hope, presented by W. Tyson, 

 Esq. ; 51 species of Algae from Cape Colony, presented by 

 John Farquhar, Esq. ; 22 Algae from Natal, presented by Dr. 

 Becker ; specimens of Algre from Professor Weiss, S. T. Da 

 Costa, Esq., Professor Suringar, Professor Schmitz, and the 

 Lords of the Admiralty ; 174 Algae from Australia, presented 

 by Baron von Mueller ; 140 Mosses of New Zealand, presented 

 by Dr. Simmonds ; 10 Mosses from M. F. Cardot ; 65 species 

 of cellular plants from Perak, presented by Dr. King ; nine 

 cellular plants from Singapore, presented by H. N. Ridley, 

 Esq. ; and specimens of Fungi from Professor Boulger, W. W. 

 Strickland, Esq., and C. N. Ellacombe, Esq. 



The following additions have been made to the British 

 Herbarium by presentation : — 390 species presented by the 

 Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 317 species from Inverness, presented by 



0.107. L 3 Arthur 



