ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. "J'J 



By Purchase : — 



A collection of 266 specimens from the Mt. Cenis Tunnel. 



A. collection of 60 specimens to illustrate the origin of schists, &c. 



Meteorites. 



Bi/ Presentation : — 



Nenntmannsdorf, Saxony ; by Dr. H. B. Geinitz. 



Nammianthal, South Arcot, Madras; fell 27th January 1886; by D.-.H. B. Medli- 

 cott, Director of the Geological Survey of India. 



Jenny's Creek, West Virginia, U.S. A,; by Dr. J. N. Tilden. 



By Purchase : — 



Glorieta Mts. Santa Fe Co., New Mexico. 



Bois de Fontaine. Loiret, France ; fell in 1825 ; weight 1,140 grams. 



Barbotan, Gers, France; nearly a whole stone, which fell 24th July 1790. 



Independence Co., Arkansas, U.S.A. 



Heredia, Costa Rica; fell 1st April 1857. 



By Exchange : — 



Sancha Estate, Desert of Bolson de Mapimi, Mexico. 

 " Signet Iron " : Tuczon, Arizona, U.S.A. 

 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, U.S.A. 



Of these Nenntmannsdorf, Nammianthal, Jenny's Creek, Independence County, and 

 Grand Rapids, have not hitherto been represented in the collection. 



L. Fletcher. 



Department of Botany. 



During the past year 48,111 specimens have been mounted, named, and inserted in 

 their places in tlie Herbarium. The phanerogamous plants have consisted chiefly of 

 specimens collected in Central Europe by Schultz, in Greece by Heldreich and Orphanides, 

 in India by Beddome, Schlagintweit and King, in Central Asia by Kegel, in West Java 

 by H. O. Fiirbes, in Australia by Baron von Mueller and the liev. T. S. Lea, in South 

 Al'rica by Kobert Brown, Bolus, Woods, and Macowan, in Madagascar by Baron ; and 

 .specimens received from Balllon, and others collected in Zanzibar by the Rev. W. E. Taylor, 

 in Columbia by Moritz, in Mexico by Pringle, and in North America by Richardson, Cur- 

 tiss, Suksdorf, Lemmon, Fawcett, and Howell. The specimens contained in the Herbarium 

 of Hepatica;, purchased from the late Dr Hampe, have been all mounted and arranged. A con- 

 siderable |)ortion of the Wilson Herbarium of Mosses has been mounted and arranged ; and 

 the whole collection of Alga3 which belonged to the late Prof. Dickie. The extensive series 

 of Roses that belonged to Deseglise have been mounted and arranged in cabinets for ready 

 reference. 



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

 more or less completely re-arranged: — Cnicifera, Sterculiacece, Geraniacea, Lec)uminosm, 

 .Rr.sacece, Onugracece, UmheUifera, A raliacece, Composi/ce, Sapotacea, AsclepindacecB, 

 Vei bevacecB, UrticacecB, Enpliuitnacecc, Orchidt-CB, Scitaminece, L,iliace>ii, RestincecB, 

 C tiperncece, ('iran.incfe, Fdi.ces, LycopiidiacccE, and Eqiiisetacea. 



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

 of the distinguished mycologist C. E. Broome, which he bequeathed to the Trustees. It 

 consists of a carefully arranged collection of British and Foreign Fungi, comprising about 

 40,000 specimens, all accurately named and localised, many of t.heiii being the types of 

 species described by Mr. Broome. Accompanying the herbarium are the copy of Fries's 

 " Systema," which Mr. Broome employed as an Index to his herbarium, the original 

 correspondence connected with his collections, and a large series of mycological pamphlets, 

 amounting to 212 separate publications. 



An interesting and valuable collection has been received, in return for a collection of 

 British Plants, from the Senaius of the New College, Edinburgh, consisting of the plants 

 belonging to Archibald Menzles, who accompanied Vancouver round the World, 

 collected in Western America and the Pacific Islands. The collection consists chiefly of 

 cellular cryjitogams, grasses, and Cyperacea', and contains many plants of his own 

 collecting, besides several collections acquired by him. especially the herbarium of Zier, 



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