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Rhodesia, from Miss L. Gibbs ; 22 Phanerogams from South 

 Africa and Rhodesia, from H. T. Crosfield, Esq. ; 208 Phanero- 

 gams from South Rhodesia, from Fred. Eyles, Esq. ; 8 culti- 

 vated plants from Walter Ledger, Esq. ; 6 photographs of 

 fossil fruits of Najas and Zannichellia, from Clement Reid, 

 Esq. ; 7 Phanerogams from Tropical Africa, from Dr. Engler ; 

 10 photographs of Rubber Forests on Amazon, from H. E. 

 Weaver, Esq., M.I. C.E. ; 272 Phanerogams, 15 Cryptogams, 

 and 28 Fruits from South Rhodesia, from C. F. M. Swynner- 

 ton, Esq. ; 261 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams from Mt. 

 Ruwenzori, collected by Dr. Wollaston, from the subscribers 

 to the Ruwenzori Expedition ; 9 Phanerogams from South 

 Europe, from H. Stuart Thompson, Esq. ; 3 Phanerogams 

 and 7 Cryptogams from British East Africa, from A. 

 Cholmley, Esq. ; 4 specimens of cultivated plants, from 

 T. O'Brien, Esq. ; 66 Phanerogams and 4 Cryptogams from 

 Shan States, from S. A. Durie, Esq. ; 2 reproduced copies of 

 Roslin's portrait of Linnaeus, from W. Carruthers, Esq. ; 

 50 European Lichens, from the Council of the Linnean 

 Society ; 47 Japanese Mycetozoa, from K. Minakata ; an 

 apochromatic microscope -objective, from Lady Sendall ; a 

 large specimen of Laminaria from the Eastern Telegraph 

 Company's cable near Gibraltar, from V. K. Cornish, 

 Esq. ; 24 Marine Algae from Sydney, N.S.W., from A. H. 

 Lucas, Esq. ; portraits of Elias Fries and J. G. Agardh, 

 from G. Murray, Esq. ; Marine Algae and Mosses from the 

 National Antarctic Expedition ; 54 Phanerogams and 9 

 Cryptogams collected in the Great African Lakes by Dr. W. 

 C. Cunnington, from the Tanganyika Committee through 

 Professor Ray Lankester ; and single specimens from Prof. 

 J. B. Farmer, Franklin White, Esq., and Herr Per Dusen. 



The additions to the British Herbarium by presentation 

 have been : — 7 specimens of Fumaria from H. AY. Pugsley, 

 Esq. ; 220 specimens from Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 72 specimens 

 from Rev. H. J. Riddlesdell ; 15 specimens from C. E. Salmon, 

 Esq. ; 49 specimens from G. C. Druce, Esq. ; 18 specimens 

 from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 5 specimens from H. Stuart Thompson, 

 Esq. ; 29 specimens from Prof. D. Oliver ; 80 specimens from 

 Rev. E. F. Linton ; 60 species of Marine Algae from near 

 Dover, from Miss G, E. M. Mitchell; 21 Hepaticae from 

 Westmoreland, from W. H. Pearson, Esq. ; 2 Mosses and a 

 Hepatic from W. R. Sherrin, Esq. ; and one or two specimens 

 from W. R. Jefirey, Esq., W. H. Hammond, Esq., J. W. 

 White, Esq., E. M. Holmes, Esq., A. B. Jackson, Esq., S. S. 

 Buckman, Esq., H. R. Yates, Esq., Arthur Lister, Esq., Miss 

 A. Lorrain Smith, C. P. Hurst, Esq., and Dr. W. H. Lang. 



Among the acquisitions by presentation special reference 

 may be made to the Lichen-Herbarium of the late Rev. J, M. 

 Crombie, presented by his widow, and containing about 

 5,000 British and foreign Lichens, his MSS. and corre- 

 spondence, and about 30 bound volumes of lichenological 

 pamphlets by Nylander, J. Miiller, and other authors. 



