180 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



III. — Exchange of Duplicates. 



Exchanges have been effected with the Botanic Gardens 

 Calcutta ; the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ; the Herbarium of 

 the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris ; the Botanic Museum, 

 Zurich ; the Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg ; and the Botanic 

 Gardens, New York, U.S.A. 



IV.' — Loan of Specimens. 

 Specimens for determination have been lent as follows : — 



29 specimens of Characese to Mr. Henry Groves ; 74 speci- 

 mens of Goodenovieae to Dr. K. Krause, Royal Botanic Museum, 

 Berlin ; 5 Malayan Palms to Dr. Odoardo Beccari, Royal 

 Museum, Florence ; 75 tropical African Euphorbiacese to the 

 Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 



V. — Departmental Library. 



The additions during the past year have been, by donation 

 74 volumes, 102 pamphlets ; by purchase, 190 volumes, 3 pam- 

 phlets — in all 264 volumes, 105 pamphlets. These include 16 

 periodicals in 133 parts, presented, and 84 periodicals in 725 

 parts, purchased — in all 100 periodicals in 858 parts. 



146 volumes have been bound. 



The incorporation of the large collection of water-colour 

 drawings of Indian plants made by Dr. J. Fleming, with the 

 general plate collection has been completed ; 5,000 plates have 

 been mounted, including the series of drawings of ferns. Five 

 volumes of manuscript descriptions. of plants by D. Solander, 

 have been arranged and prepared for binding. 



Yl.—^A cquisitions. 



The following additions have been made to the collections by 

 presentation : — 36 specimens of European plants from C. E. 

 Salmon, Esq. ; 36 European Roses from Rev. E. S. Marshall ; 

 5 specimens of CaUigonum from Central Asia, from Dr. Lit- 

 winow ; 11 specimens from Asia Minor, from R. Campbell 

 Thompson, Esq. ; 101 Phanerogams and 17 Cryptogams from 

 Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone, from Mrs. C. B. Hunter ; 102 

 specimens from Rhodesia, from E. C. Chubb, Esq. ; 355 speci- 

 mens from Nigeria, from E. Kitson, Esq. ; 41 Phanerogams and 

 3 Cryptogams from Mabira Forest, Uganda, from Charles R. 

 Ussher, Esq. ; 25 specimens from Uganda, from Ernest Brown, 

 Esq. ; 60 specimens from Salisbury, Rhodesia, from Dr. Rand; 

 273 Phanerogams and 27 Cryptogams from Gazaland, from 

 C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq. ; 52 specimens from the Libyan 

 desert, from W. J. Harding King, Esq. ; 665 specimens from 

 Victoria, Mashonaland, from C. F. H. Monro, Esq ; 2 specimens 

 from South Africa, from Dr. Bolus ; 11 specimens of fruits 

 from Queensland, from Miss E. J.Cross-Buchanan ; 43 specimens 

 from New Zealand, South Island, and 75 Cryptogams from 



