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



By Exchange : — 



Sevjrukow, Belgorodj Kursk, Russia. 

 Hxmgen, Hesse, 

 VavHovka, Russia. 



Keriiis, Mael Pestivien, C6tes-du-Nord, France. 

 Icmiassiliii, Tiirgel, Esthland, Russia. 

 Cabeza de Mayo, Murcia, Spain. 

 Gross Lieberithal, S.S. W. of Odessa, Russia. 

 Bjelaja Zerkow, Kiev, Russia. 

 Eichst'adt, Bavaria. 

 Bialystock, Poland, 

 Zaborzika, Volhynia, Russia. 

 Lixua, Witebsk, Russia. 

 Utrecht, Holland. 

 Tula, Russia. 

 Prambanan, India. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 

 Roda, Huesca, Spain. 



Those falls of which the localities are printed in italics are new to the collection. 



L. Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



The preparation of the cases in the public Gallery has occupied much of the time of 

 the officers of the Department during the year. Specimens fitted to exhibit the characters 

 of the various Natural Orders of Flowering Plants have been selected, mounted and 

 arranged in the cases. 



There have been incorporated with the Great Herbarium series of plants belonging 

 chiefly to the following Natural Orders, CapparidecB, Crvciferce, Caryophylleas, TurneracecB, 

 Onayracecz, Lytlivacece , Cucurbitacea, CompositcB, Acanthacecc, Campanulacece, OrchidacecK, 

 Ijiliacece, Amaryllidaccce, Jwxcacece, EriocaulonecB , Cypcracea, Filices, and Fungi. 



A portion of the extensive herbarium of Mosses recentlv purchased from the represen- 

 tatives of Dr. Hampe has been mounted and arranged for consultation. 



The collection of plants in spirits has been classified and arranged in the new cabinets 

 prepared for its reception. 



Large additions have been made to the British Herbarium. 



The principal additions to the collections during the year have consisted in a continua- 

 tion of the valuable Herbarium of Indian Plants presented by Charles Baron Clarke, Esq., 

 F.R.S., amounting to 2,335 species; of 187 species of Himalayan Plants collected and 

 presented by J. F. Duthie, Esq., of Saharunpore ; a small collection of Australian plants, 

 presented by J. C. Melvill, Esq. ; and an extensive collection of plants of Japan, from 

 the Herbarium of J. Bissett, Esq. By purchase the following collections have been 

 acquired: — 201 plants irom Central Victoria, Australia; 1,962 plants from Mexico, 

 collected by Parry and Vasey ; 320 plants from the southern United States, collected by 

 A. H. Curtis; 300 plants from Washington Territory, collected by Suksdorf; 475 from 

 Arizona, collected by Lemmon ; 100 plants from Sicily ; 100 plants from Lapland ; 340 

 species of German Fungi from Thuemen ; 200 species of Fungi from Italy, collected by 

 Saccardo ; 50 species of Fungi from Austria, collected by Rehm ; and 400 species 

 of American Fungi from Ravenal ; 200 species of Lichens from Finland, collected by 

 Norrlin ; and 135 species of Lichens from Burmah, collected by the late Dr. Maingay ; 

 200 Algas from Mauritius, collected by Robillard ; the collection of Diatomaceae formed 

 by the late Rev. E. O'Meara, containing 1,155 specimens; and 500 European Cryptogamia 

 collected by Sintenis. 



A series of fruits, and of complete plants of Myrmecodia from Java, collected by 

 H. O. Forbes, have been added to the collections of fruits and woods. 



To the British Herbarium there have been added 461 species from the Rev. "W. H. 

 Painter; 392 species from C. Bailey, Esq.; 80 species of Sussex plants from 

 F. C. S. Roper, Esq. ; 76 species from G. C. Druce, Esq ; 51 species from Messrs. 

 H. & J. Groves ; and specimens of rare and critical species from W. E. Beckwith, Esq., 

 T. R. A. Briggs, Esq., F. Arnold Lees, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., B. King, Esq., 

 Dr. F. Buchanan White, R. M. Christy, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., G. Nicholson, Esq., 

 Miss i?taveley, J. Whyte, Esq., Mrs. Pierce Butler, Miss Kinahan, J. W. White, Esq., 

 J. F. Ward, Esq., H. D. Geldart, Esq., the Rev. R. P. Murray, J. Saunders, Esq., 

 and D. Dewar, Esq. 



Specimens of Cryptogams for the British Herbarium have been presented by the 

 Rev. H. P. Reader, W. H. Pearson, Esq., Mrs. Alfred Tyler, Mrs. Briscoe, J. Saunders, 

 Esq,, R. Canterbury, Esq., and W. G. Smith, Esq., and a series of 87 Lichens from 

 R. V. Tellam, Esq. ^ 



Valuable additions have been made to the collections of prints and drawings of plants 

 by the presentation by the Misses Maund of the original water-colour drawings of the 

 plates in Maund's " Botanic Garden," representing 1,248 plants, and by the purchase of an 



extensive 



