156 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



graphs of the same, by W. R. Shaw, Esq. ; 52 Cryptogams 

 from India, by Dr. T. Cooke ; 3 A\g-ee, by Major Reinbold ; 

 specimens and slides of Neomeris, by A. H. Church, Esq.; 2 Algse 

 from the Cape, by Professor E. Perceval Wright; a gathering 

 of Diatomaceai from Trinidad, by the Director of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew ; 2 Australian Fungi, by Miss Dymes ; and 

 single specimens, by E. M. Holmes, Esq., Dr. Lange, F. W. 

 Moore, Esq., Professoi* Cramer, Miss Pigou, Mevrouw Weber 

 van Bosse, W. W. Strickland, Esq., and Surgeon Captain A. 

 Alcock. 



The following additions have been made by j)resentation to 

 the British Herbarium :- -431 specimens by the Rev, E. S. 

 Marshall ; 21 specimens by Captain Woolley Dod ; 3 speci- 

 mens by W. Whitwell, Esq. ; ^2 specimens by Clement Reid, 

 Esq. ; 11 specimens by the Rev. E. F. Linton ; 9 specimens by 

 Professor D. Oliver; 3 specimens by R. F. Tuwndrow, Esq. ; 

 108 specimens by W. A. Shoolbred, Esq. ; 2 specimens by the 

 Rev. Augustin Ley ; 50 specimens by T. Wulft", Esq., for the 

 exhibition series of British plants ; 3 Mosses by Mrs. Tindall ; 

 10 Algse by G. Brebner, Esq. ; 2 Fungi by Miss Beatrice 

 Heathcote ; 2 Fungi by Lord Walsingham ; 20 rare Stafford- 

 shire Mosses by J. E. Bagnall, Esq. ; and single specimens by 

 Sir Hugh Low, W. P. Hiern, Esq., David Robertson, Esq., 

 J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., and H. Wigley, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates: — 442 specimens of tropical African plants, and a 

 specimen of Pleurocladia 'palustris from the Director of the 

 Royal Botanical Museum, Berlin ; specimens of the fruits of 

 Dion edule and Zamia from Professor Penzig ; 2 new species 

 of Disperis from Dr. Schlechter ; and 159 slides of Hepaticse 

 from Mrs. Tindall. 



The first half, consisting of 5,000 specimens, of the 

 Stephani collection of Hepaticse has been acquired by 

 purchase. A very large number of these are type specimens, 

 since Dr. Stephani has described nearly every important 

 foreign collection during the last twelve years. This purchase 

 has greatly enriched an important section of the Herbarium, 

 and, happily, at a time when increased study is being given 

 to the characteristics of the Hepaticse. 



The following collections have also been acquired by pur- 

 chase : — 100 specimens of Potamogeton, collected by Tiselius 

 9(3 specimens of South African plants, collected by Schlechter 

 1,233 plants and 68 woods from Kilimanjaro, collected by 

 Volkens ; 348 South Texas plants, collected by Heller ; 208 

 Persian plants, collected by Bornmiiller ; 302 Mexican plants 

 (Provinces Colima and Sonora), collected by Palmer ; 200 

 Borneo plants, collected by Haviland ; 400 Polish plants, col- 

 lected by Rehman and Woloszczak ; 300 plants from Asia 

 Minor, collected by Sintenis ; 113 plants from Natal, col- 

 lected by J. M, Wood ; 384 plants and three wood specimens 



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