38 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATJiS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Depaetment of Botany. 



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



In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of Messrs. Hall and 

 Harbour's Plants of the Rocky Mountains of North America ; of a portion of M. Botteris' 

 collection of plants of Mexico ; of numerous collections from Central and South 

 America; of the collections foniied by M. Theodor Kotschy in Northern and in Southern 

 Persia ; of those formed by M. Metz and others in the East Indies, and in the Neilgherry 

 Mountains ; and of various collections of plants from Africa. 



In the re-arrangement, with large additions, of the families of Eupkorbiacea, Melasto- 

 macecB, Araliaceee, and Ai'oidece. 



In the partial arrangement of many large collections of European plants, and of Dr. 

 Schweinfurth's collections from Ethiopia and Egypt, with a view to their incorporation in 

 the General Herbarium. 



In the naming and arrangement of the fossil fruits of the families Cycadeec, Coniferce, 

 and Pandanece ; and of a portion of the collection of DiatomacecB. 



In the examination and re-arrangement of various portions of the general collection of 

 Fruits and Seeds ; and also of the Fruits and other specimens exhibited in the public 

 rooms. 



And in various alterations in the arrangement of the Herbarium room, and of the 

 • room adjacent to it. 



The principal accessions during the same period, by purchase or donation, have 

 been : — 



70 species of HejjaticcB, forming parts 31-7 of Rabenhorsts' " Hepaticae EuroptEae." 



170 „ Alga, forming fasc. 179-191 and 194-7 of Rabenhorsts' " Algae Europsese." 

 50 „ Lichens, forming parts 27 and 28 of Rabenhorsts' " Lichenes Europaei." 



400 „ Fungi, forming parts 8-11 of Rabenhorsts' " Fungi Europasl." 



360 „ British AlgcB ; collected by Dr. Cock. 



200 „ British Fungi ; collected by Mr. Cooke. 



50 „ British Lichens, forming fasc. 13 of Leighton's ''Lichenes Britannlci." 

 200 3, Plants of the Rhine, forming fasc. 4-7 of WIrtgen's " Herbarium 



Rhenanum." 

 200 „ Plants of Central Europe, forming cent. 37 and 38 of Billot's " Flora 



Galliae et Germanlae Exsiccata." 

 300 „ Plants of the Tyrol ; collected by Rupert Huter. 

 200 „ Plants of Dalmatia ; collected by M. Botterl. 

 100 „ Ciyptogamous Plants of Italy, forming fasc. 27 and 28 of the " Erbario 



Crittogamico Italiano."' 

 200 ., Plants of Sicily, forming cent. 5 and 6 of Todaro's " Flora SIcula." 

 785 „ Plants of Ethiopia and Egypt ; collected by Dr. Schweinfurth. 



51 „ Plants of Zanzibar ; collected and presented by Mr. H. Gx)odwin. 

 257 „ Plants of Senegambia ; collected by M. Perrottet. 



350 „ Plants of the East ; collected by M. Huet du Pavilion. 

 675 • „ Plants of Northern Persia ; collected by M. Kotschy. 

 1,200 „ Plants of Southern Persia ; collected by M. Kotschy. 

 1,300 „ Plants of the East Indies ; collected by M. Metz, and others. 

 1,000 „ Plants of the Neilgherry Mountains ; collected by M. Metz, and others. 

 238 „ Plants of the Province of Chontales, in Venezuela; collected by Dr. 

 Seemann. 

 1,403 specimens of Musci Amazonici ; collected by Mr. Spruce. 

 68 species of Musci and HeputiccE of Ecuador. 

 134 ,, Musci and Hepaticce of S. Africa and the W. Indies; collected by 



M. Breutel. 

 835 „ Algce Marina ; collected by M. Kutzing, and others. 

 25 cultivated specimens of the genus Cyclamen ; presented by James Atkins, Esq. 

 16 microscopic slides oi Diatomacecs ; presented by C. F. S. Roper, Esq. 

 42 species of Woods of the Nile district ; collected by Dr. Schweinfurth. 

 45 „ Fruits and Seeds from Java. 

 36 „ Palm-fruits, from San Domingo. 

 A fine and very remarkable Fossil stem of the family of Cycadea, from Luccombe 

 Chine, in the Isle of Wight ; presented by Mrs. Baily. 



A fine specimen of a Fossil stem of the same genus as the last. 



A fine specimen of the Trunk of a species of Sigillaria, from the Isle of Arran ; pre- 

 sented by F. J. Wiinsch, Esq. 



John J, Bennett, 



Department op Prints and Deawiugs. 



The following is the progress made in the Department of Prints and Drawings during 

 the year 1867 : 



The whole of the prints in the 20 volimies of Hollar's works have been marked off In 



Parthey's 



