ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 57 



Rocks. 

 Sy Presentation : — 



Basalt-glass from Beal, Portree, Isle of Skye : by Professor J. W. Judd, f.r.s., &c. 



Foyaite from Foya, Serra de Monchique, Portugal : by A. Bravo Gomez, Esq.' 



Gabbro from Yarner Beacon, Dartington, Devonshire : by A. Champernowne Esq 

 M.A., F.G.S. ' ^'' 



Quartz-felslte, shewing junction with slate, from the Vale of St. John's, Cumberland : 

 by John Millar, Esq., f.r.c.p.e., &c. &c. 



Flexible sandstone from Stoke Co., North Carolina, U.S.A. : by Captain J. W. Dewey. 



Various specimens from the cuttings on the Rio and Bahia railway, Brazil : by Joseph 

 jVIawson, Esq., F.G.S. 



A collection of Rocks from the Solomon Islands, made and presented by H. B. Guppy 

 Esq., M.B., surgeon of Her Majesty's Ship « Lark." ' 



Meteorites. 

 £i/ Presentation : — 



Alai-ge Stone, being one of two which fell about the year 1730 in Ogi (Koshio), 

 Japan : by Naotaro Nabeshima, Esq. 



JBy Exchange : — 



Nagaya, Entre Rios, South America. 



Gnadenfrei, Silesia; Fell 17th May 1879. 



Jhiel Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, U.S.A. ; Found 1873. 



Lick Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina, U.S.A.; Found 1879, 



By Purchase : — 



Alfianello, Brescia, Italy; Fell 16th February 1883. 



GIrgenti, Sicily; Fell 10th February 1853. 



Pawlowka, Russia; Fell 2nd August 1882. 



Alleghany Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, U.S.A.; Found 1882. 



Rancho de la Pila, Durango, Mexico ; Found 1882. 



Albareto, Modena, Italy ; Fell July 1766. 



Those falls of which the localities are printed in italics were previously not represented 

 in the collection. 



L, Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



The arranging and labelling specimens suitable for Instructive exhibition In the public 

 Gallery have been carried on during the year. 



Plants from various regions have been examined, named, and added to the General 

 Herbarium, Including specimens from Lapland, collected by Ekstrand ; from the 

 Caucasus, collected by Brotherus ; from India, collected by Roxburgh, Bllnkworth, 

 Griffith, Wallich, Campbell, Hooker and Thomson, and Clarke ; from Ceylon, collected 

 by Trimen ; from Amboina and Sumatra, collected by Forbes ; from Java, collected by 

 Zollinger and Forbes ; from Timor, collected by R. Brown and Forbes ; from Cochin 

 China, collected by Pierre ; from China, collected by Hinds, Lamont, and Bretschaeider; 

 from Japan, collected by Zollinger and BIssett ; from North Africa, collected by 

 Oudney and Clapperton; from Cape Verde Islands, collected by Christian Smith; from 

 Tropical Africa, collected by Captain Belcher ; from South Africa, collected by Rehmann 

 and MacOwan; from Madagascar, collected by Hilsenberg and Bojer, Hildebrandt, 

 Baron, and Deans Cowan ; from New Zealand, collected by Kirk ; from Arctic America, 

 collected by Richardson ; from the Southern States, collected by Suksdorf ; from Utah, 

 collected by Parry ; from Mexico, collected by Salle and Wright ; from Cuba, collected 

 by Rugel ; and from Cayenne, collected by Rothery. Large additions have also been 

 selected from the Herbaria of Robert Brown, MIers, Nolte, Shuttleworth, and Auerswald. 

 By exchange the following Important collections have been obtained : — From Professor 

 Asa Gray, 83 authentic specimens of new species of American plants; from F. B. Forbes, 

 Esq., 228 species of North China plants ; 104 species of plants from A. Bennett, Esq.; 

 and a section of Dadoxylon from Owen's College, Manchester. 



The following Natural Orders have been more or less completely re-arranged in the 

 course of the year: — Anonacea, Burseracece, Cehistrinece, Bhumnacece, Anacardiacece, 

 ZijgopliyllucecB, LeguminoscB (Dalbergiecc), Cytinacece, Balanophorcce, Urticacece, Dioscorea, 

 Palina, Restiacece , CyperacecB, Gruminece. and Rhizocarpece. 



A further portion of the extensive Herbarium of the late Dr. Hampe has been maiinted 



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