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Collections formed by Dr. Buist and by Dr. Heyne. 



Rocks from Beejapur and Sholapur, collected by Surgeon Major Lovell. 



The collection formed by General Strachey in Ladakli and Kumaon. 



The Horsfield Collection, from Java. 



The Hamilton Collection, from Bhagalpur and Goruckpur. 



That of Colonel Sykes. 



A collection formed by Dr. Malcolmson at Aden. 



A collection of Building Stones. 



Captain Button's petrological collection. 



That of M. Jonville, from Ceylon. 



Of Mr. Wilks, from St. Helena. 



Poonah rocks collected by Lieutenant Xewbold, and a petrological collection formed 

 by Lieutenant Ouchterlong. 



These collections of petrological specimens are an addition of great value to the various 

 sei'ies of rock specimens in this Department which, during the last few years, have been 

 assuming a position of considerable importance among the petrological collections extant 

 in the world. 



Number of students during the year, 1,301. 



Nevil Story-Maskelyne. 



Departmekt of Botany. 



The Avork of incorporating plants in the General and British Herbaria has been 

 actively carried on during the past year. In its progress the following Natural Orders 

 have been greatly increased, and more or less completely re-arranged: — Leguminosa, 

 AraliacecB, Dipsacacece, Styracea, Ohacea, LoganiacecR, Gentianacece, PolemoniacecB, Hy- 

 droleacecB, BoruginecB, Lahiata, Gesneraceez, Scrophulariacece, Nyctaginece, Phytolaccacece, 

 Liiliacea, Commelinacee, Filices, Fungi and Algce. 



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

 General Herbarium : — Plants collected in the Transvaal by the Rev. W. Greenstock ; 

 in the Malayan Archipelago, by Lobb; In Borneo, by Burbidge; in the Samoan 

 Islands, by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee ; in Australia, by the Baron Mueller ; in New 

 Zealand, by Dr. Berggren ; In the Southern United States, by Rugel ; in Mexico, by 

 Botteri, Salle, Ghiesbreght, and others ; in Costa Rica, by Polakowsky ; in Surinam, 

 by Berthoud-Coulon ; in Bolivia, by Bridges ; and in Uruguay, by Lorentz. Numerous 

 collections by various botanists have been incorporated belonging to the following Natural 

 Orders : — Rosacece, Ruhiacece, Compositce, Solaiiacecc, Boraginea, PiperacecB, Aroideae, 

 Commelinacea;, Cyperacece, Graminea, Alga:, and Fungi, 



The principal addition to the Department during the past year Is the extensive 

 Herbarium of the late John Miers, f.r.s., &c., the distinguished botanist, which he be- 

 queathed to the Trustees. It contains the types of the species described in his numerous 

 systematic Works and Memoirs, as far as they were in his own possession, together with 

 an extensive series of South American jolants from various collectors, and many valuable 

 collections from other regions of the world. Besides the plants, Mr. John W. Miers has 

 presented to the Department the large series of original drawings made by his father 

 from the living plants in South America, and from dissections of plants in later 

 years. 



There have been added to the Herbarium a valuable series of Indian Plants, consisting 

 of 951 species, presented by C. B. Clarke, Esq., and 260 species of plants from Borneo, 

 collected by Mr. Burbidge, and presented by Messrs. H. and A. Veitch. In addition 

 to these a valuable collection made on the Sierra Nevada, New Grenada, by Mr. F. A. 

 A. Simons, has been acquired; also a collection from New Zealaiid, made by Dr. Berggren; 

 from Syria, by Dr. Post ; and from Java, by Mr. H. O. Forbes. 



The Fern Herbarium of the late Edward Newman, consisting of 514 species of Ferns, 

 was presented to the Trustees by his son, T. P. Newman, Esq. 



A collection of the Mosses of the Cape of Good Hope, made and named by Dr. 

 Rehmann, has been purchased, and a small series of 29 species of Mosses, collected by 

 the Naturalists in the Arctic Expedition, has been received. 



A collection of Lichens from Central France, formed and named by Dr. Nylander, has 

 been acquired. 



A small collection of unicellular Alga3, made by W. Simpson, Esq., in Afghanistan, 

 has been presented by that gentleman. Other Algae have been received from Dr. Raben- 

 liorst, and from the Government Expedition to Kerguelen's Land. 



Collections of Fungi have been obtained from Oudemans, formed in the Netherlands ; 

 Saccardo, formed in Nortliern Italy; Rabenhorst, fovmed chiefly in Germany; and 

 Ravenal, formed in the United States. 



In the British Herbarium there have been added during the year 78 species from Mrs. 

 Fry, and several rare and critical flowering plants from J. C. Mansel-Pl<»ydell, Esq., 

 Messrs. H. and J. Groves, and others, together with critical species of Fungi from C. E. 

 Broome, Esq., and a collection of Spheriacese, by Mr. Plowright. 



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