ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 35 



Ciyptogamia. 



150 Species of Cryptogamic plants, forming fasc. 5, 6, 9nd 7 of the second issue of the 

 " Erbario Ci'ittogamico Italiano." 



60 „ ^fpa^icffi, forming decades 42-47 of Rabenhorst's " Hepaticae Europsese." 



100 „ Mosses, from East Friesland ; collected by Eiben. 



75 „ Lichens, forming Nos. 30-32 of Rabenhorst's " Lichenes Europsei." 



50 „ Lichens, being Miiller's " Cladoniaceen." 



100 „ F«7;^/, forming No. 14 of Rabenhorst's " Fungi Europaei." 



586 „ „ from the South of France ; collected by Nylander and Roussel, 



500 ,, „ from North and South America. 



351 „ „ from Cuba; collected by Charles Wright. 



80 „ Algce, forming Nos. 213-220 of Rabenhorst's " Algae Europasse." 



British Herbariinn. 



Phanerogamia. 



50 Species of British plants of critical value ; presented by the Hon. J. L. Warren. 

 250 „ critical English j^lants; collected by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq. 



100 „ Bi'itish Salices ; collected by the Rev. J. E. Leefe. 



Cryptoganda. 



100 Species of British Lichens ; collected by the Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 1,500 „ British Fungi, forming, with the species from the South of France 



and North and South America, enumerated above, the Fungological 

 Herbarium of the Rev. A. Bloxam. 

 100 „ British Fungi ; collected by M. C. Cooke. 



72 Preparations of British yl/y«, exhibiting their structure and fructification; pre- 

 pared by Ch. Adcock. 

 47 Slides of British DitttomucecB, from the Herbarium of the late Professor Arnott; 

 presented by F, C. S. Roper, Esq. 



II. — To the Structural Series. 



Fruit Collection. 



3 Fruits of Sicana odoiifera, Naud. ; presented by Senor Correa de Mello, through 



D. Hanbury, Esq. 

 13 Species- of Fruits and Seeds; presented by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq. 

 A collection of Palm and other Fruits, from Brazil. 

 A fine series of Coniferous Fruits, grown in the Pinetum of Dr. Hogg, and presented 



by him. 

 A collection of Tropical Seeds and Fruits, chiefly from Africa. 



General Collection. 



Fine stem of Encephalattos cycadifoHus, Lehm., from Natal. 



Stem of 2'esludinarin elej/hantipes, LindL, from South Africa. 



Spirally twisted stem of Dipsaciis, and stems of CratcBgus and Buxus ; presented by 



W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq. 

 Stems of Puliurus and Amigyris, from Mentone ; presented by M. Moggrldge, Esq. 



III. — To the Fossil Series. 



82 Preparations of Palaeozoic and Secondary Plants, prepared by Mr. Norman. 



An important series of Devonian plants, from Canada, illustrating the published 



Memoirs of Principal Dawson ; presented by Principal Davvaon, of Montreal. 

 A fine slab of a species of Lepidodendron ; presented by J. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 A specimen of Sigillaria oculata, Lindl. ; presented by Henry Woolburn, Esq. 

 Specimens of Carboniferous plants from Burntisland ; collected and presented by 



Geo. Grieve, Esq. 

 Caudex of a fern from the Eocene beds of Heme Bay ; presented by George Dowker, 



Esq. 

 Specimens of Cydopteris hihernicus, Forbes, in fruit, and stem of Sigillaria dichotoma, 



Haught., from Kiltorcan, Ireland. 



The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for the purpose of scientific 

 research was 1,041. 



fVilliam Carruthen. 



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£ 2 



