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



a very large crystal ; fine crystallized Vivianltes ; a large crystal of Copper-glance, Cornwall ; 

 Native Bismuth Avitli massive fluor, Dolcoath Mine, near Kedruth ; a series of Fraucolites, 

 Cornwall ; and Bournonite in very large crystals, from near Liskeard, are among the 

 purchases of Cornish Minerals that have been made from Mr. Tailing. 



Two crystallized Cinnabars, Almaden, Spain. 



Large crystallized mass of Barytes, Ovenpipe Mine, near Shrewsbury; Tremolite in 

 crystals, Gouverneur, New York ; Dolomite, in large pinkish crystals. Isle of Man ; fine 

 groups of crystals of Pyromorphite, Ems, Nassau ; Stolzite, Bleiberg ; Apatite, Caldbeck 

 Fells ; Matlockite, near Matlock. 



Nineteen Gothites, Botallack Iron Mine, St. Just. 



Two Pyrrhotite on Mesitite, Minas Geraes ; Epidote, Untersulzhach, Heubachthal, 

 Pinzgau ; Thulite, Greinerberg, Zillerthal ; through W. G. Lettsom, Esq. 



A crystal of Proustite, remarkable alike for its magnitude, richness of colour, and per- 

 fection of its planes ; from Chanarcillo, Co]3iap&, Chili. 



Two masses of crystallized Prehnite, South Africa. 



The specimens illustrating the use of minerals in jewellery, to which some interesting 

 additions have been made in the last two years, have been increased during the past year 

 by a fine facetted beryl (aquamarine) of large dimensions ; a large yellow sapphire 

 (Oriental topaz) of good colour, a small Oriental amethyst, small hyacinth (zircon), blue 

 spinel, chrysoberyl, and peridot. 



The Collection of Meteorites has been increased by the following falls : — 



Ten stones, Knyahinya, Hungary, fell June 9th, 1866. 



Sixty-one stones Pultusk, Poland, fell January 30th, 1868, one of which weighs 20 lbs. 



Daniel's Kuil, Griqua Territory, South Africa, fell March 20th, 1868. 



St. Mesmin, Aube, France, fell May 30th, 1866. 



At the present time the Collection exhibits specimens of 264 distinct Meteoric falls, 



Nevil Story -Maskehjne. 



Department of Botant. 



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



In the re-arrangement in the General Herbarium of the families of Graminea, 

 BetulacecR, SalicmcB, ConifercB, and Cycadeas, and of several other smaller families of plants. 



In the naming, arranging, and laying into the General Herbarium of large collections 

 of plants from the Neilgherry Mountains of India, formed by Metz, Schmidt, and other 

 collectors ; of a collection formed by Dr. Schweinfurth in the countries bordering on the 

 course of the Nile ; of a collection of the ])lants of Algeria, formed by M. Romain ; of 

 collections formed in the neighbourhood of Smyrna, and. in other parts of the East, by M. 

 Balansa ; of collections formed by M. Kotschy, in Cilicia and Kurdistan ; of a collection 

 formed by M. Sagot in French Guiana ; of M. Pliilippi and M. Germain's collections of 

 Chilian plants ; of a collection of Californian plants formed by Mr. Bolander ; of several 

 collections of Greenland and other Arctic plants ; of specimens of Palms from various 

 regions, and of numerous smaller collections from different quarters. 



In the re-arrangement of a large portion of the collection of Fruits and Seeds in glass- 

 to^jped boxes ; and of the specimens, recent and fossil, of the family of Cycadea, incor- 

 porating them with the valuable collection presented by Mr. James Yates. 



In the examination and arrangement of Mr. Brown's collection of fossil woods ; and of 

 the extensive collection of sliced microscopic sections of recent woods purchased from the 

 executors of the late Mr. Bryson, of Edinburgh. 



And in the partial arrangement and examination of M. Rupert Huter's, and Dr. 

 Alexander Prioi''s collections of Styrian and Dalmatian plants, and of other collections 

 recently received. 



The following are the principal additions made to the collections of the Department 

 during the year 1868, by purchase or donation : — 



295 species of British Lichens ; presented by Dr. Holl. 

 50 „ forming fasc. 1 of Larbalestier's " Lichens of Jersey and Sark." 

 2,057 „ European Lichens, from the collection of M. Hepp. 

 349 „ Exotic Lichens, from the collection of M. Hepp. 

 778 „ Mosses, from the collection of M. Hepp. 

 1,070 „ AlgcB, from the collection of M. Hepp. 

 570 „ Floridese, from the collection of M. Hepp. 

 25 „ European Lichens, forming No. 29 of Rabenhorst's " Lichenes Europcei." 

 70 „ Algce, forming Nos. 198-204 of Rabenhorst's " Algen Sachsens," &c. 

 400 „ European plants, forming cent. 7-10 of Schultz's " Herbarium Normale." 

 50 „ Plants of Belgium, forming fasc. 6 of Van Heurck's " Plantes Rares de 

 Belgique." 

 425 species of Plants of Dalmatia ; collected by Rupert Huter. 

 333 „ „ presented by Dr. Alexander Prior. 



347 „ of Styria ; presented by Dr. Alexander Prior. 



110 „ „ presented by the Chevalier Pittoni. 



22 „ of Sicily ; presented by the Chevalier Pittoni. 



200 species 



