182 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Groves, Esq., C. E. Brittoa, Esq., Dr. F. N. Williams, and 

 Clement Reid, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates: — 268 specimens from Malaya, from the Curator, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, Calcutta ; 455 Phanerogams 

 and 4 Cryptogams from Jamaica, from the Director of the 

 Botanic Garden, New York ; 246 Phanerogams and 3 Crypto- 

 gams, from the Director, Imperial Botanic Garden, St. Peters- 

 burg ; 800 Phanerogams and 180 Cryptogams from Malaya, 

 from the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore ; 84 

 Phanerogams and 18 Cryptogams from South Africa, from the 

 Director of the Botanic Museum, Zurich ; 236 specimens from 

 the Director of the Herbarium of the Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris ; 100 Cryptogams from the Curator of the 

 Botanical Department, Hofmuseum, Vienna, — in all, 2,089 

 Phanerogams and 305 Cryptogams. 



The principal purchases during the year were : — Herb. 

 Normale (Dorfler), Cent. XLIX. and L,, from Dulau and Co. ; 

 361 Phanerogams and 3 Cryptogams from Montenegro, from 

 O. Bierbach ; 401 specimens from Southern France, etc., from 

 H. S. Thompson ; 50 specimens " Batotheca Europsea," fasc. VII., 

 from H. Sudre ; 84 specimens from Balkans, from Adamovic ; 

 224 specimens "Flora exsiccata Japonica," from Takeda ; 542 

 Phanerogams and 289 Cryptogams from Saghalien, from Rev. 

 U. Faurie ; 186 Phanerogams and 14 Cryptogams *' Flora 

 Stiriaca exsiccata," fasc. 15-18, from Hayek ; 239 specimens 

 from Senegambia, from Aug. Chevalier; 153 specimens from 

 South Africa, District Kentahi, from Miss Pegler ; 316 Phanero- 

 gams and 17 Cryptogams from West Africa, from R. Schlechter ; 

 173 Phanerogams and 22 Ciyptogams from Egypt, from J. 

 Bornmiiller ; 170 Phanerogams and 2 Cryptogams from Natal 

 and East Africa, from F. Wilms; 1,096 Phanerogams and 18 

 Cryptogams from Rhodesia, Congo Region and Central Africa, 

 from T. Kassner ; 457 Phanerogams and 43 Vascular Crypto- 

 gams from Mexico, from C, A. Purpus ; 464 specimens from 

 Gulf States, from S. M. Tracy ; 636 Phanerogams and 130 

 Cryptogams from Malaya, from H. Winkler ; and " Salicetum 

 exsiccatum " fasc. IV., from ToepfFer ; 236 Cryptogams from the 

 Philippine Islands, from Elmer ; 85 Cryptogams from Middle- 

 ton ; 38 exotic Ferns from Rosenstock ; 437 Canadian Mosses 

 from Macoun ; 150 Mosses of Hanover, from Wehrhahn ; 358 

 Mosses, 81 Hepatics and a Lichen from India, from Levier ; 

 300 Baltic Mosses, from Mikutowicz ; 121 Musci Mexicani, from 

 Pringle ; 20 North American Hepaticae, from Haynes ; 20 

 Lichenes Rariores, from Zahlbruckner ; 438 Hepatics of Japan 

 and 226 Lichens of Japan and Saghalien, from Faurie ; 50 

 North American Lichens, from Merrill ; 50 American Algae, 

 from Tilden ; 100 Fungi selecti and 40 Myxomycetes, from 

 Jaap ; 50 Fungi Imperfecti, from Kabat and Bubak ; 25 Funghi 

 Parassiti, from Briosi and Cavara ; 100 Fungi Saxonici and 

 50 Fungi injurious to cultivated plants, from Krieger ; 50 

 Ascomycetes, from Rehm ; 50 Ascomycetes and Lower Fungi, 



