174 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates : — 136 specimens from South Africa from the 

 Botanic Museum, Zurich, through Prof. Hans Schinz ; 6 speci- 

 mens of Allophyllus from Tropical Africa, through Dr. Engler ; 

 3 Violas from Texas and Mexico from the National Museum, 

 Washington, through R. Rathbone, Esq. ; 33 Orchids and 

 97 Cryptogams from the Oakes Ames Botanical Laboratory, 

 North Eastern, Mass., U.S.A. ; 384 specimens from California 

 from the University of Pennsylvania, through Prof. John 

 Macfarlane; 240 specimens of Australian plants from J. H. 

 Maiden, Esq. ; 96 specimens from North America from the 

 Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass., through Dr. B. L. 

 Robinson ; 142 Phanerogams and 4 Cryptogams from South 

 Africa collected by Penther and Krook, also 10 plates by 

 Ferdinand Bauer, and Kryptogamae exsiccates, Cent, xii, xiii, 

 from the Vienna Hofmuseum, through Dr. A.. Zahlbruckner ; 

 249 Phanerogams and 30 Cryptogams from Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore, through H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 150 Ferns collected 

 in the Philippine Islands by E. P. Copeland, from the Bureau 

 of Agriculture, Manila, through Prof. Elmer D. Merrill. 



The principal purchases during the year were : — 233 

 Phaneroganis from Gunong Tahan, Pahang, from H. C. 

 Robinson ; 200 specimens Flora Stiriaca Exsiccata, fasc. 3-6, 

 from Hayek ; 233 specimens from West Indies, series III., 

 1904-5, from A. H. Curtiss ; 96 specimens from Somaliland, 

 from G. W. Bury ; 828 specimens from South Africa, Plantse 

 Schlechterianse, from Dr. Loesener ; 33 specimens from 

 California, from A. A. Heller ; 465 Phanerogams and 70 

 Cryptogams from Selkirk, from Chas. Shaw ; 165 Phanero- 

 gams and 39 Cryptogams from Bolivia, collected by Fiebrig, 

 from Dr. R. Pilger ; 215 specimens, including 10 Cryptogams, 

 from Siam, collected by Dr. Hosseus, from Dr. Wilms ; 1,000 

 specimens, including 119 Cryptogams, from Yunnan, from 

 Dr. Henry ; 763 specimens from Japan, from Rev. U. Faurie ; 

 239 Microphotographs of wood structure, from Williams, 

 Weale, &; Co. ; 200 specimens Fl. Carniolica, Cent. 7 and 8, 

 collected by Paulin ; Gramineee Exsiccatse (Fasc. xix, xx), 

 from Kneucker ; 50 specimens (Salicetum Exsiccatum, Fasc. i.) 

 collected by ToepfFer, from Dulau & Co. ; 200 specimens 

 (Batotheca Europsea, Fasc. i.-iv.) from H. Sudre ; " Wooden 

 Rose" from Guatemala, from Rosenberg; 100 Fungi Im- 

 perf ecti, from Kabat and Bubak ; 50 North American 

 Algge, from Collins, Holden, and Setchell ; 150 Micro-Fungi, 

 from Vestergren ; 50 Ascomycetous Fungi, from Rehm ; 

 50 Fungi Selecti, from Jaap ; 100 Cryptogams of Germany, 

 Austria, and Switzerland, from Migula ; 100 North American 

 Fungi, from Bartholomew ; 50 Mosses of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, from Fleischer ; 100 Brazilian Fungi, from Ule ; 

 100 Uredinese, from Sydow ; 170 Cryptogams of N.W. India, 

 from Gollan ; 100 Saxon Fungi, from Krieger ; 12 pre- 

 pared British Fungi, from Hartley- Smith ; 15 Water-colour 

 Drawings of British Lichens for exhibition, from Highley. 



