ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 67 



6th April 1885 : Pirthalla, Hissav cHstnct, Punjab, India; Fell 9th February 1884 : by 

 H. B. Mecllicott, Esq., m.a. 



Lucky Hill, Jamaica; by the Governors of the Jamaica Institute; Found 1885. 



Bi/ Exchanje : — 



Tomhamiock Creek, Rensselaer County, New York, U.S.A.; Found 1863-4. 



Einmetsburg, Maryland, U.S.A. ; Found 1854. 



Mascombes, Correze, France ; Fell 31st January 1835. 



Ln Teilleul, Manche, France; Fell 14th July 1845. 



Nagy-Diwina, Budetin, Hungary ; Fell 24th July 1837. 



Favars, Laissac. Aveyron, France; Fell 21st October 1844. 



La Btcasse, Dun ie Poelier, Indre, France ; Fell 31st January 1879. 



Quill cay, Vienne, France ; Fell in the summer of 1851. 



Czartorya (Zaborzika), Volhynia, Russia ; Described 1859. 



Doroninsk, Irkutsk, Asiatic Russia ; Fell 6th April 1805. 



Kikino, Smolensk, Russia; Fell 1809. 



Petroyjai/'/ows^, Tomsk. Asiatic Russia ; Found 1841. 



Chili, South America; Described 1866. 



By Purchase : — 



Wadee Bhanee Khuled, Nejed, Central Arabia; Fell in the spring of 1865 : weight 

 130 lbs. 



Tjabe, Padangan, Java; Fell 19th September 1869. 

 Pillistfer, Livland, Russia; Fell 8th August 1863. 



Rocks. 



By Presentation : — • 



Calcareous and siliceous tufas from the thermal waters of the Yellowstone Park 

 U.S.A., and other rocks from American localities: by Wm. Carruthers, Esq., f.r.s., &c. 

 &c. 



A large piece of Alabaster, from Fauld, Tutbury, Staffordshire : by J. Gardner 

 D. Engleheart, Esq., C.B. 



Diabase, from a boulder between Llyn-Cwellyn and Llyn-y-dywarchen, Caernarvon- 

 shire : by H. A. Miers, Esq., m.a. 



Hypersthene-Andesite, The Coquet, above Windy Haugh, Cheviot Hills. 



A columnar fragment of felsite from a dyke. Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire : by 

 H. E. Quiiter, Esq. 



Felspar-Dolerite, Dunsmoor, Silverton, Devonshire : by the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, 



M.P. 



L. Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



During the past year 42,293 named and labelled specimens have been incorporated 

 with the Herbarium. The phanerogamous plants have consisted chiefly of specimens 

 collected in Austria by Kerner, in North Italy by Lojacono, in Syria by Post, in Turkes- 

 tan by Regel, in India by Wallich and Beddome, in Japan, China, and Mandchuria by 

 Maximowicz, in the Malayan Archipelago by Zollinger and Cuming, in Java by Blume, 

 in Timor by R Brown, A. Cunningham, andH. O. Forbes, in Australia by Von Mueller, 

 in l^astern Tropical Africa by Johnston, in Madagascar by Hilsenberg and Deans 

 Cowan, i:i California by Greene and Jones, in Mexico by Wright, in the Expedition to 

 Roraima by Im Thurn, in Brazil by Glaziou, and in Paraguay by Balansa, together with 

 an extensive and valuable series, representing the species and vai'ieties of Crocus, and 

 illustrating, his monograph of that genus, presented by Mr. George Maw, and a large 

 series of Grasses from various collections. The Cryptogams have been chiefly from the 

 Herbarium of Mosses belonging to the late Dr. Hampe and from the Herbarium belonging 

 to the late Dr. Dickie. The increase in the British Herbarium has been from presentations 

 from British botanists, but chiefly from the collections of the Botanical Exchange Club 

 which have been presented by that club. 



In the progress of incorporating the additions, the following Natural Orders have been 

 more or less completely rearranged: — Anonacece, Ternstroemiacea, Stercaliacea, Tiliacece, 

 Melastomacea, Passiflorea, ComposilCE, Ericacecz, Phimhaginem, Primulacece, Myrsinecu, 

 Enphoihiacca, Orclddtce, Irideoe, Dioscorece, Commelhiucea, Aroidecc, Cirariiinece, Eiiices, 

 and Lycopodiaccce. 



The most important addition to the collections during the past year was the purchase 

 of Colonel Beddome's Herbarium of Indian plants, containing nearly 10,000 species, 

 many of them being type specimens. 



0.102. K 3 George 



