ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ^^ 



"Tile Ore" Cuprite; Ural. 

 Haydenites ; Baltimore, Maryland. 

 Leadhillite, from Lead bills. 



Among Minerals presented during the year have been specimens of Hydrated Sulphate 

 of Magnesium and Sodium, Hydrated Carbonate of Sodium, Capillary Blue Vitriol, and 

 Langite ; from Cornwall, by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster. 



Corundum, River Borsowska : Platinum in Conglomerate, Nijni Tagilsk : Cancrinite, 

 from the Ilmen Mountains: Mengite in Zircon-syenite, llmen Mountains ; from Professor 

 Eichwald. 



A large block of Diallage Rock, from near Coverack, Lizard ; from Mr. Murphy, 



A specimen of the iVieteorite that fell at Shytal, near Dacca, on the 11th August 1863 ; 

 from the Asiatic Society of BengaL 



Nevil Story-Mashelyne. 



Department of Botany. 



The principal business of the Department, during the past year, has consisted in the 

 re-arrangement, with very large additions, of the general collection oi Algce, of the extensive 

 order of Euphorbiacece, of the Lycopodiacea , NymphcBacecB, and of a portion of the 

 CompositcB. 



In the naming, arranging, and laying into the general Herbarium of the remainder of Mr. 

 Charles Wright's extensive collections made in Cuba and New Mexico ; of the extensive 

 collection formed by the late Mr. David Douglas, in North Western America and Cali- 

 fornia; of a large number of Ferns, collected in Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites ; in Venezuela, 

 by M. Moritz ; and in English gardens by Mr. John Smith; of Piperaceoi, from various 

 Collections; of Dr. Wallich's Collection of Nepalese Oaks; of numerous plants from 

 Brazil and from the Arctic Regions ; of Palms from various regions; of numerous European 

 Collections ; and of several important colleclions of Cryptogamic Plants, including 

 American and other Mosses. 



In the examination and arrangement of the valuable collection of specimens of Cycadecs 

 presented by Mr. James Yates; of a large collection of Plants of the Tyrol ; of the very 

 extensive collection of Ferns recently purchased from Mr. John Smith, of Kew : of the 

 Fruits of Cupulifera and ConifercB, in the general fruit collection ; of a portion of the 

 collection of recent Woods in the exhibition rooms; of the fossil cones and woods belonging 

 to the carboniferous period ; and of the late Dr. Greville's very extensive and important 

 collection of DiatomacecB. 



And in the naming, arranging, and laying into the British Herbarium of numerous 

 specimens from various collectors; n;iming and re-arranging the British species of JRubus; 

 and examining the Lemnacecd of the British collection. 



The following are the principal additions made to the Botanical collections during the 

 past year, by purchase or donation : 



A large and highly interesting ccilleclion of specimens of the order Cycadeee, consisting 

 of sections of Stems, Fronds, male and female cones in various stages of growth, separate 

 parts of fructification, &:c., together with numerous specimens of Woods, recent and fossil, 

 and other vegetable productions, presented by Mr. James Yates. 



The remaining portion (upwards of 2,000 species) of Mr. John Smith's Herbarium, 

 chiefly of garden Plants. 



A very extensive and valuable collection of Ferns (containing upwards of 10,000 

 specimens), formed by Mr. John Smith, of Kew. 



100 species of Composita, forming fasc. 2, suppl. of Dr. C H. Schultz's "Cicoraceotheca." 

 49 British species and varieties of the genus Rubus ; presented by the Rev. A. Bloxam. 



370 species of Lichens, constituting Leighton's "Lichenes Britannici Exsiccati." 



400 „ forming Mademoiselle Liberts* " Plantae Cryptogamic se." 



600 „ German Plants, being cent. 1-6 of Dr. F. Schuitz's " Herbarium Normale." 



850 „ Plants of the Tyrol, collected by Rupert Huter. 

 15 „ Woods from the neighbourhood of Mentone ; presented by Mr. Moggridge. 



113 „ Plants of Ceylon (in continuation) ; collected by Mr. Thwaites. 



475 „ Plants of (he Island of Formosa; collected by the late Mr. Oldham. 



112 „ Plants of Old Calabar; collected by Mr. Milne. 

 31 „ Austrahan Algae. 



536 „ American Mosses, forming the new edition of Sullivant and Lesque- 

 reux's '' Musoi Americani Exsiccati." 



593 „ South American Plants, forming part (in continuation) of Mr. Spruce's 

 " Plantae Exsiccatse jEquinoctiales." 



404 „ Lichens and allied tribes from the River Amazon and the Andes of South 

 America, collected by Mr. Spruce. 



Upwards of 5,000 microscopic slides of DialomacecB, together with the Catalogue and 

 notes relating to them, forming the entire Collection of the late Dr. Greville and the late 

 Dr. Gregory. 



John J, Bennett. 



249. I Department 



