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4 new varieties of Mosses, from H. N. Dixon, Esq. ; and 

 single specimens from Rev. W. K. Martin, Miss Bridges, 

 F. W. Burbidge, Esq., F. C. J. Spurrell, Esq., Mr. F.^W. 

 Terry, H. Stuart Thompson, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., J. H. 

 Picard, Esq. 



The following additions have been made by exchange of 

 duplicates : — 138 Phanerogams and 5 Cryptogams from 

 various localities, from Prof. Hans Schinz ; 10 Phanerogams 

 and 6 Cryptogams, mostly from Sardinia, from Prof. Ugolino 

 Martelli ; 100 Kryptogamse exsiccatae, from the K. K. 

 Naturhist. Hofrauseum of Vienna. 



Among the additions acquired by purchase, special mention 

 must be made of the Herbarium of Hepatics purchased from 

 Mr. W. H. Pearson, consisting of about 9,000 specimens. As 

 being the collection upon which is based Mr. Pearson's 

 recently completed " Hepaticse of the British Isles," it is of 

 the greatest importance to British botanists ; and it is a most 

 welcome addition to the previously inadequate Herbarium 

 of British Hepatics preserved in the Department. The 

 collection also contains the numerous types and the material 

 elaborated by Mr. Pearson for his papers on the Hepatics of 

 New South Wales, Tasmania, Canada, Madagascar, and 

 South Africa ; and also numerous camera-lucida sketches and 

 MS. notes. 



The following specimens have also been acquired by 

 purchase : - Herb. Normale : Fascicles XLII and XLIII, by 

 Schultz (Dorfler) ; 275 Phanerogams and 38 Cryptogams, 

 by Zenker ; 19 Specimens from Angola, by John Gossweiler 

 Flora Exsiccata Carniolica, Centuries 1 and 2, by Paulin 

 Set of European Cereals, 218 Specimens, by John Percival 

 Flora Polonica Exsiccata, Fascicle IX, by E. Woloszczak 

 388 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams, Plantse Amuricae, by 

 F. Karo ; 344 Phanerogams and 21 Cryptogams from Georgia, 

 by R. Harper; 96 Phanerogams and 13 Cryptogams from 

 Costa Rica, by Ad. Tonduz ; 100 specimens from Vancouver 

 Island (including 8 Cryptogams), by C. O. Rosendahl and 

 Carl J. Brand; 240 Specimens, Flora Bulgarica, by 

 V. Stribrn^ ; 395 Phanerogams and 59 Cryptogams from 

 Gulf Coast, America, by S. M. Tracy ; 993 Phanerogams 

 and 36 Cryptogams from Tropical East Africa, by T. Kassner ; 

 Fascicles I — IV of specimens from Transcaspia, by Sintenis ; 

 544 Specimens, Plantse Australise occidentalis, by E. Pritzel ; 

 270 Specimens from West Australia, by L. Webster; Gra- 

 minese Exsiccatse Fasc. VII — X, Cyperaceee Fasc. Ill and IV, 

 201 Specimens, by A. Kneucker ; 251 Phanerogams and 

 15 Cryptogams from Margarita Island, Venezuela, by 

 Miller and Johnston ; 134 Phanerogams and 9 Cryptogam's 

 from German East Africa, by Dr. Busse ; 100 Phanerogams 

 and 5 Cryptogams from Vermont, U.S.A., by W. W. 

 Eggleston ; 125 sketches of British Basidiomycetes, by 

 Worthington G. Smith ;.. 18 watefr-colour drawings of 



