180 ACCOUNTS, ETC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



cherry tree showing " Witches' Broom," from Jas. Saunders, 

 Esq., 34 specimens from Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell ; a large col- 

 lection of Rubi collected by the Revs. W. H. Purchas and 

 A. Ley, from Rev. A. Ley ; 3 specimens from Miss E. 

 Armitage ; 23 specimens from G. C. Druce, Esq. ; 28 speci- 

 mens from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 3 specimens from J. C. Melvill, 

 Esq. ; 4 specimens of willows from Rev. E. F. Linton ; 5 

 cryptogams from T. E. Belcher, Esq. ; 9 rare Hepaticse from 

 Symers M. Macvicar, Esq. ; 3 Fungi and 2 books of manu- 

 script descriptions of British Tuberoidese and Discomycetes, 

 from Worthington G. Smith, Esq. ; large specimens of Lamin- 

 aria from Loch Eil, from Henry A. Hammond, Esq. ; and 

 large specimens from the Scilly Isles, from Messrs. C. B. Maggs 

 and R. H. Banting; about 700 marine Algse, mostly from the 

 West coast of Scotland, from Monsignor Canon Bernard 

 Ward ; and single or two specimens from Prof. D. Oliver, 

 Mrs. Gregory, W. P. Hiern, Esq., C. T. Green, Esq., H. W. 

 Pugsley, Esq., E. Holland, Esq., Dr. C. B. Plowright, and 

 Canon H. W. Lett. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates : — 487 specimens from South America and Mexico, 

 -and specimens of African Acanthacese, from the Royal 

 Botanic Museum, Berlin, through Dr. Engler ; 2,333 Phanero- 

 gams and 227 Cryptogams of the Philippine Islands, from 

 the Bureau of Government Laboratories, Manila, through 

 Prof. Elmer D. Merrill ; 137 specimens from Brazil,, collected 

 by Malme, from the Botanic Garden of the Royal Academy 

 of Science, Stockholm, through Prof. AVittrock ; 127 Phanero- 

 gams and 9 Cryptogams, chiefly collected by R. Schlechter 

 in South Africa, from the Botanic Museum, Zurich, through 

 Prof. Hans Schinz ; Kryptogamse Exsiccatse, Cent, x, xi, from 

 the Vienna Hofmuseum ; 123 specimens, mainly Orchids, 

 from New Guinea, from Dr. R. Schlechter ; 64 New Zealand 

 Mosses, from T. W. Nayior Beckett ; 138 Mosses and Hepatics 

 of Brazil, from Dr. C. A. M. Lindman, 



The principal purchases during the year were : — 1,273 

 Phanerogams and 39 Cryptogams from Paraguay, from 

 Dr. Sassier; 881 Phanerogams and 84 Cryptogams from 

 Japan, Corea and Formosa, from Rev. Urban Faurie ; 200 

 Phanerogams and 17 Cryptogams from Siam, collected by 

 Dr. Hosseus, from Dr. Wilms ; 176 Phanerogams and 

 21 Cryptogams, " Iter Persicum alterum, 1902 " from J. 

 Bornmiiller ; 537 South African plants collected by R. 

 Schlechter, from Dr.Loesener ; 590 specimens from Cameroons 

 collected by G. Zenker, from Dr. E. Gilg ; 445 Phanerogams 

 and 73 Cryptogams from British Columbia, from C. H. Shaw ; 

 800 specimens from South California, from L. R. Abrams ; 

 460 specimens from North Mexico, from G. B. Metcalfe; 

 Herb. Normale, Cent, xliv, from Dorfler ; Flora Stiriaca 

 exsiccata, Cent, i, from Hayek; 117 specimens Herb. 

 -Dendrologicum (Fascicle v), from Koehne ; 82 specimens 



