ACCOUNTS, &C.. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 41 



Male and female Cones of species of Mavrozamia and Eucephalartos, presented by 

 William Bull, Esq., F.L.S. 



Female Cone of Bowenia, presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S. 



Fruit of a Lecythis from Demerara. 



27 Species of Fruits from Tucuma, Argentine Republic. 

 2 Pine Cones and 8 different Fruits from Costa Rica. 



19 different Fruits from Cordova ; collected by E. Fieldino-, Esq. 



Cones of 12 species of Coniferas, from Japan and California; presented by H. J. Veitch, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



General Collection. 



276 different woods from Java; presented by Dr. R. H. A. Scheffer, of Buitenzoro-. 

 A fine stem oi E^i.cephalartos ; presented by Thos. Moore, Esq., F.L.s. 

 Stems of nine arborescent ferns ; presented by H. J. Veitch, Esq., f.l.s. 

 Stems of Cyathea Seira, and TJicksonia sqiiarrosa. 

 Stem of Deiidrobium tauriuum. 

 Stems of Borassus, Cocos, and Areca, from India. 



A large rhizome of IS-vphdr lutea, 2U feet in length ; presented by Joseph Beck, Esq. 

 Stems of two species of Cactus ; presented by^Captain Tyler, F.L.S. 

 Specimens of a very large stem of Ivy ; presented by Mr. J. Corke. 

 Specimens of germinating seeds of Lemnu (jibha ; presented by F. C. S. Roper, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



III. — To the Fossil Series. 



18 Specimens of mesozoic plants, and one specimen of a paleozoic plant; collected and 

 presented by Dr. W. G. Atherstone. 



12 preparations of plants from the carboniferous rocks at Burntisland, Scotland. 



A specimen of Cycadeoiden pygmaea. 



Specimens of 10 dicotyledonous woods, and of a Palm from Red Crag of Woodbridge. 



24 specimens of secondary plants from Hastings ; collected and presented by Professor 

 Rupert Jones, f.k.s. 



76 specimens of plants from the carboniferous rocks at Slamannon, Bathgate, and 

 Falkirk; collected by C. W. Peach, Esq. 



Nine microscopic sections of Halonia regnlaris. 



55 preparations of plants from the carboniferous rocks of Yorkshire. 



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

 scientific research, was 1,3/52. The following foreign botanists may be specified as 

 having used the Herbarium in prosecuting tlieir various studies: — Wittrock, of Upsala, 

 for his Algological researches ; Kauitz, of Klausenburg, for his investigations into 

 the Haloragece and allied plants; Reichenbach, of Hamburg, for his work on Orchidea; 

 De CandoUe, of Geneva, for his memoir on Mcliacece ; and Nathorst, of Lund, in his 

 investigations into Tertiary and Post-Tertiary Plants. Of botanists residing in Britain, 

 who have made use of the Herbarium, the following may be specified : — The late Dr. 

 Welwitsch, for his work on the Flora of Angola ; Mr. J. Miers for his memoir on 

 Lecythidese ; Mr. G. Bentham, for his " Flora Australiensis "; Mr. W. P. Hiern, for his 

 monograph of the Ehejiacece, and his memoirs on the Scroplndarinecc for the Cape Flora, 

 and on the Umhellifera for the " Flora of Troj)ical Africa " ; Prof. Dyer in his examina- 

 tion of the Ternstramiacea and Dipterocarpece for the Indian Flora; Dr. Masters for his 

 memoir on Aristolochieos; Mr. A. W. Bennett, for his work on Polygalaccce ; Mr. J. G. 

 Baker, for his memoirs on Liliacece ; Mr. D. Hanbury, for his investigation of officinal 

 plants ; Mr. J. Collins, for his report on Caoutchouc ; Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his work on 

 Fungi ; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his publications on British Lichens ; Dr. 

 Braithwaite, for his memoirs on British Mosses ; Mr. W. G. Smith, for his researches in 

 connection with the " Mycological Illustrations " ; and Mr. H. G. Glasspoole, for his 

 intended " Flora of Norfolk." 



H^illiom Carruthers. 



Department of Pbints and Draavings. 



Thirty sheets of the second volume of the Catalogue of Personal and Political Satires, 

 describing subjects from the accession of T\ illiam and Mary in 1688 to the reign of 

 George II., and dealing with the personal and political satires of the period, have been 

 printed and revised. 



The whole of the first volume of the Catalogue of Prints and Drawings illustrating 

 English History, is nearly ready for the printer; 11 sheets are already in type, and 

 2,680 full titles have been written during the year for the same. 



The 25rinls and drawings described in the first volume of the Catalogue of Personal and 

 Political Satires have been arranged in five volumes, after having been all mounted, 

 with the references and dates printed in bistre on each mount. 



The Catalogue of 345 pages, describing the Prints nnd Drawings illustrating the series 

 of catalogues of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791, presented by J. H. 

 Anderdon, Esq., has been finished and bound, 145 pages having been written since the 

 last Annual Report. 



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