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and arranged for consultation, and many additions have been made to the arranged 

 collections of AlffCB and Fungi. 



The rare and critical British plants contributed by Botanists have been incorporated 

 with the British Herbarium ; and also the plants of Samuel Dale's Herbarium, which 

 was presented to the Trustees some years ago by the Apothecaries' Company. 



Some progress has been made in the preparation of a fuller and more exact catalogue of 

 the contents of the Sloane Herbarium than has hitherto existed ; and the plants collected 

 by Cunningham in China in 1680, and distributed through several volumes of the Sloane 

 Herbarium, have been catalogued. 



The duplicate plants from Cuba, collected by Rugel, and acquired with the Shuttle- 

 worth Herbarium, have been arranged for distribution. 



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

 continuation of the valuable Herbarium of Indian plants presented by Charles Baron 

 Clarke, Esq., f.e.s., amounting to 182 species ; 373 species of plants from Socotra, 

 collected and presented by Professor Bayley Balfour ; 538 species of American plants, 

 presented by V. C. S. Roper, Esq. ; 876 species of North American plants, from the 

 Department of Agriculture, United States ; 137 species of European plants from A. 

 Bennett, Esq. ; a small collection of plants from Ceylon, presented by Dr. Trimen ; 

 27 species of Australian Orchids, presented by R. D. Fitzgerald, Esq. ; a small collection' 

 of Tasmanian mosses, presented by E. T. Newton, Esq. ; 11 species of North American 

 Polygalacece, from A. Bennett, Esq.; a small collection of European plants from Geo. 

 Nicholson, Esq. ; 22 Orchidece and 3 Aroidea, from H. J. Veitch, Esq. ; and specimens 

 of Pringlea and Lyallia from the " Challenger " Office. The following collections have 

 been acquired by purchase: — 1,234 j^lants from South Africa, collected byRehmann; 

 and 340 from the same region, collected by Ecklon and Zeyher ; from Madagascar 707 

 plants collected by Hildebrandt, 531 by Baron, and 450 by Deans Cowan; 830 from 

 the Caucasus, collected by Brotherus ; 233 plants from Palestine, collected by Post; 

 1,500 jilants from Sumatra, collected by Forbes ; 700 plants from New Zealand, collected 

 by Kirk ; 368 plants from Southern California, collected by Parish ; 260 plants from 

 Florida, collected by Curtis; 219 species from Washington Territory, collected by 

 Suksdorf ; 100 species of critical plants from Sicily, collected by Jacono ; 90 critical 

 species and varieties of willows from Kerner ; 250 species of mosses from the neighbour- 

 hood of Paris, collected by Roze and Bescherelle ; 300 species of European Fungi, by 

 Rabenhorst ; 50 species of Fungi from Austria, collected byRehm; 100 species of 

 Fungi from Germany, from Thuemen ; 100 slides of DiatomacecB from Belgium, pre- 

 pared by Van Heurck ; 100 species of Scandinavian J. /y^, collected by Wittrock and 

 Nordstedt ; 497 species of Alga from Morocco, collected by Schousboe ; 54 from 

 Madeira, collected by Mandon ; and a specimen of the rare Broomeia congregata, 

 presented by Professor MacOwan. 



A series of Fruits from Sumatra, collected by H. O. Forbes, Esq., has been added to 

 the collection of Fruits ; a portion of the trunk of a line Yew tree from Sutton Park has 

 been presented by his Grace the Duke of Devonshii-e ; and 23 specimens of raw vegetable 

 fibres from South-east Java, presented by H, O. Forbes, Esq. 



To the British Herbarium there have been added the valuable Herbarium of the Rev. 

 Hugh Davies, author of " Welsh Botanologia," and containing the type specimens of 

 that work; 469 species from the Rev. W. H. Painter; 116 species from C. Bailey, Esq. ; 

 91 species fi-om J. Saunders, Esq. ; 75 species from Horace Pearce, Esq. ; 67 species 

 from Devon and Cornwall, presented by T. R. A. Briggs, Esq. ; 50 species from 

 Wicklow, presented by Miss Kinahan ; 230 preparations of cellular plants by Mr. 

 Joshua; and specimens of rare and critical species from the Rev. T. S. Lea, C. T. 

 Greene, Esq., W. H. Beeby, Esq., R. F. Towndrow, Esq., Professor J. W. H. Trail, 

 A. W. Bennett, Esq., W. P. Hiern, Esq., Rev. W. H. Cadogan, J. Cunnack, Esq., 

 A. Brotherston, Esq., A. G. More, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., F. C. S. Roper, Esq., 

 A. Bennett, Esq., Rev. R. P. Murray, F. Townsend, Esq., G. C. Druce, Esq., and John 

 Benbow, Esq. 



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

 Nicholson, Esq., H. Boswell, Esq., J. Saunders, Esq., E. M. Holmes, Esq., Wm. 

 Phillips, Esq., H. G. Glasspoole, Esq., W. H, Pearson, Esq., R. V. Tellam, Esq., 

 C. B. Plowright, Esq., and E. George, Esq. The extensive collection of British Mosses 

 formed by the late Rev. H. H. Wood, has been purchased from his representatives, and 

 215 sjiecimens of Hepaticce from Carrington and Pearson. 



The collection of P.intsand Drawings of Plants has been increased by the purchase of 

 the original Drawings (221 in number) made by Dr. Bruch for the "'Bryologia Europea," 

 which contain unpublished material of great critical value ; of a collection of original 

 Drawings of Madagascar plants, made by the Rev. Deans Cowan, and 210 original 

 Drawings formerly belonging to Dr. Roemer. 



A considerable addition to the Collection of Autographs of Botanists has been made 

 during the year, and the whole has been arranged and mounted in one series. 



During the year 24,561 specimens of plants have been incorporated with the arranged 

 collections. 



The number of visits paid during the year to the Herbarium for scientific research and 

 inquiry was 1,023. 



Wm. Carruthers. 



