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work of incorporation has been actively carried on throughout the year, and during its 

 progress, the following natural orders have been more or less completely re-arranged. 

 Anonacea, Papaveraceoi, Capparidea, MesedficecB, PioUicecB, Carynpliyllece, DipterocarpecB, 

 Geraniacece, OxalidecB, Burseracea, 31cliacece, Ochnacece, Olacinece, AnacardiacecR, 

 EuphorbiactCB, Connaracece, Rosacp.ce, Crassulacea, Onagrariea,, PaRaifloreoi, Cucurbitacea, 

 UmbellifercB, Hederacece, Loranthacece, CaprifoliacecB, DipsacecB, Lobeliacea, CarnpanuLace(R, 

 Asclepiadiicece, Borrayinucea;, Couvolvulacece, Hydroleacece, Scrophulariacece, Morece, 

 Orchiddcea, Juncaceae, Cyperacece, Grarninece, Filices, Lichencs, and Fwigi. 



The following collections have been either entirely or in part incorporated in the 

 General Herbarium. The plants of Malta and Italy, collected by Duthie ; of Caucasus 

 and Siberia, by Fischer ; of Persia, by Loftus ; of India, by Wallich, and' Hooker and 

 Thomson ; of Java, by Zollinger ; of Kamtschatka, by Captain Cook ; of Abyssinia, by 

 Eiippell, and Schimper ; of Algeria, by Paris ; of Ashantee, by Tedlie ; of Congo, by 

 Ch. Smith ; of Western Tropical Africa, by Perrottet ; of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 by Bowie ; of Oregon, by Hall ; of Cuba, by Kamon de la Sagra ; of the Antilles, by 

 Husnot ; of South America, by Dombey, Spruce, Jameson, and Hulz and Pavon ; and of 

 the Falkland Islands, by Havers. Besides these, the desidei-ata from the Herbaria of 

 Edward Rudge and of John Smith have been placed in the Herbarium, as well as a 

 considerable portion of the plants of the Hortus Cliffurtiaiius. 



A large portion of the important Herbarium of British Plants, presented to the Trustees 

 by Dr. Trimen, has been incorporated with the British Herbarium. 



The original drawings of " English Botany," together with the engraved plates pre- 

 pared from them, and belonging to the first and last editions of that work, have been 

 partly mounted and arranged ; they are placed for preservation in Solander cases. The 

 series of original drawings by F. Bauer, illustrating the growth of the wheat plant, and 

 the diseases which attack it, have also been mounted for preservation. 



An important collection of botanical illustrations has been formed during the year ; 

 upwards of 6,0G0 figures of plants having been arranged in systematic order, in a series 

 parallel to the Herbarium. 



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

 the year 1873 :— 



I. — To the Herbarium. 



a. General Herbarium, 



Phancrogamia. 



240 species from Greece and Crete ; collected by Dr. Heldreich. 



300 „ Central Europe, forming three centuries of Schultz's Herbarium 



Normale. 



35 species of critical plants from Denmark and Finland ; presented by Dr. Trimen. 

 128 sjDccIes from Malta ; collected and presented by J. F. Duthie, Esq. 



90 „ Morocco; collected by Schousboe. 



98 „ Blidah ; collected by Lefebvre. 



595 ,, Suez, Arabia, and Abyssinia; collected by Dr. Hildebrandt. 



85 „ South Africa ; collected and presented by Dr. Shaw. 



564 species of Madagascar plants ; collected by Hilsenberg and Bojer. 

 Several species of Solanum from Cape Colony ; presented by Sir H. Barkly, K.C.B. 

 A parcel of plants of Little Namaqua-land ; presented by E. Trimen, Esq. 

 458 species from Madeira ; collected by Mandon. 



25 specimens of Cinchona from the Government Plantation at Ootacamund, Neil- 

 gherrles ; presented by Clements R. Markham, Esq., C.B. 

 850 species from Texas ; collected by E. Hall, 

 525 „ California ; collected by Kellogg. 



384 „ Mexico ; collected by Ghiesbrecht. 



106 species of Glumaceas from the Antilles ; collected by Husnot. 



60 species from Western Australia ; collected by Brewer. 

 256 „ New Caledonia ; collected by Vieillard and Deplanche. 



Ciyptogamia. 



A complete set of Mougeot and Nestler's European Cryptogams. 



154 species of Ferns from the Antilles; collected by Husnot. 



134 „ „ from Guadaloupe ; collected by L'Hermlnier. 



58 „ Hepatlcae and Mosses from the Antilles; collected by Husnot. 



300 „ Mosses of Normandy; collested and named by Ettienne. 



150 „ „ of Europe ; prepared by Rabenhorst. 



230 „ Lichens from the Channel Islands ; collected and named< by M. 



Larbalestier. 



30 „ Lichens from the Antilles ; collected by Husnot, 



.18 „ Fungi from the Antilles; collected by Husnot. 



500 „ European Fungi ; collected and named by Thiimen. 



200 „ Fungi ; prepared by Rabenhorst. 



900 „ European Fungi ; collected and named by Karsten. 



90 „ Algffi ; prepared by Rabenhorst. 



432 „ Cryptogamia from Burma ; collected and presented by S. Kurz of 



Calcutta. 

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