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Esq. ; specimens of Octodiceras, a genus of Mosses new to 

 Britain, from the River Severn, from J. B. Duncan, Esq. ; 

 specimens of Cladophora from the Hebrides, from Major 

 J. P. Langley ; and single specimens from A. 0. Hume, Esq. ; 

 Rev. A. Woodruffe-Peacock ; Jas. Saunders, Esq.; G. K. 

 Dunstall, Esq. ; F. Garry, Esq, 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates : — 4 specimens of Najas marina and vars. from 

 Prof. Hans Schinz; 180 Australian Plants from J. H. Maiden, 

 Esq. ; 3 specimens of Symplocos from Dr. Urban ; 6 specimens 

 of British Plants for Exhibition Case from C. Salmon, Esq. ; 

 108 Indian Cryptogams from Mrs. Bradford ; and 100 Krypto- 

 gamse exsiccatae from the K.K. Naturhist. Hofmuseum of 

 Vienna. 



The following specimens have been acquired by purchase : — 

 130 Phanerogams, 77 Cryptogams, and 55 wood specimens 

 from Cameroons, by Zenker; 445 specimens including 3 

 Vascular Cryptogams from South Africa, by R. Schlechter; 

 221 Phanerogams and 16 Cryptogams from New Mexico, by 

 F. S. &E. Earle; 1,059 Gulf Coast Plants, including 8 Crypto- 

 gams, by S. M. Tracy ; Kneucker's Carices VIIT. and IX., 

 containing 31 and 32 specimens respectively ; 190 specimens, 

 including 1 Fern from Mexico, by C. G. Pringle ; 708 

 Phanerogams and 114 Cryptogams from Georgia, by Rowland 

 Harper; Cent. 33 and 34 Flora exsiccata Austro-Hungarica ; 

 900 Phanerogams and 145 Cryptogams from Central China, 

 by Father Hugh ; 800 specimens from Bonam district and N. 

 Celebes, from C. Hose ; 471 Plants from West Australia, by 

 Dr. Pritzel ; " Graminese exsiccatse," Fascicle III.-VI. 125 

 specimens, by A. Kneucker; Cyperacese and Juncaceae, 

 Fascicle II., 32 specimens; 771 specimens, including 52 

 Cryptogams, from Kunene-Zambesi Region, by H. Baum : 

 Herb.-Normale, Fascicle XLI., by Schultz; 180 specimens 

 from Siam, including 1 Fern, by Zimmerman ; 428 specimens 

 from Mexico, including 3 Cryptogams, from E. O. Wooton ; 

 8 drawings for exhibition gallery by Percy Highley, also 

 4 large water-colour drawings ; 8 models illustrating ger- 

 mination, by Mrs. Blackman ; 32 photographs of trees 

 and their barks, by Henry Irving; 2 sheets of water- 

 colour drawings and 180 sketches of British Basidio- 

 mycetes, by Worthington G. Smith ; 125 Micro-Fungi, by 

 Vestergren ; 100 Saxon Fungi, by Krieger ; 50 Malaysian 

 Mosses, by Fleischer ; 176 Brazilian Cryptogams, by Robert ; 

 100 Hawaiian Algae, by Mist Tilden ; 100 Uredinese, by 

 Sydow ; 2 photographs of Algse, by Nordstedt ; 125 North 

 American Algse by Collins, Holden and Setchell ; 161 Equi- 

 setacese, by Wirtgen; 31 Hepatics of France, by Husnot; 

 60 Ascomycetous Fungi, by Rehm ; 27 North American 

 Uredineee with photographs and illustrated pamphlet, by 

 Arthur and Holway ; 100 North American Fungi, by Shear, 

 Ellis and Everhart ; 69 North Am-crican Mosses, by Renauld 



