78 ACCOUNTS &:C., of the BRITISH MUSEUM. 



who assisted Dickson In liis " Cryptogamic Plants of Britain," and Curtis In his " Flora 

 Londinensis." 



By exchange also a small collection of plants from Madagascar consisting of fifty-five 

 species was obtnlned from the Jardln des Plantes ; and an interesting series of the Fruits 

 of Canada formed by Professor Macoun. 



Some valuable specimens necessary for the morphological series In the Great Hall have 

 been presented by the Director of Kew Gardens. The other additions to the collections 

 by presentation during the year have consisted of 1,421 species of plants from Australia, 

 collected and presented by the Rev. T. S. Lea ; 929 plants from the Rabnl IIIIls, and 

 other districts in Eastern Tropical Africa, collected and presented by the Rev. W. E. 

 Taylor; 204 plants from Australia, from Baron von Mueller; 178 plants from the North 

 Cape and other parts of Norway, collected and presented by H. N. Ridley, E.*q. ; 188 

 t'pecimens of the genus Ficus; 26 species of Pedicidaris, and 21 of Frhnula, from 

 Dr. King; 209 species of plants, 14 cones, and the stem of a square Bamboo from Japan, 

 from C. Maries, Est).; 81 species or Ceylon plants from Dr. Trimen ; 74 species of 

 plants from India from Dr. Watt; 1S6 species of Ferns from Perak, from the Rev. 

 B. ScortechinI ; 40 plants from Borneo and an Irish Orchid, from F. W. Burhidge, Esq. ; 

 138 plants from Natal, from J. Medley Wood, Esq.; 156 plants from Manitoba, from 

 £„ Miller Christy, Esq. ; 191 plants from Uruguay and a British Silenef from J. C. Mansel 

 Pleydell, Esq. ; 36 plants from Greenland, from Prof. Warming; 14 species of rare 

 American plants from Prof. Asa Gray ; six species of Eriogonea, from Dr. C. C Parry ; 

 live rare French plants, from T. Hcwse, hsq. ; 85 species of plants from various regions, 

 from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 47 species of HepnticcB from Natal, from W. H. Pearson, 

 Esq. ; specimens of Rhipilia from Mergul, from Dr. Anderson : 30 species of Fungi, 

 from W. G. Smith. Esq. ; 15 species of Fungi, from W. B. Grove, Esq. : British specimens 

 of .Eguisctum litordle and two other British ]iiants, from W. H. Beeby, Esq. ; two Carices 

 from Norfolk, fi'om H. G. Glasspoole, Esq. ; four British plants from W. W. Reeves, Esq. ; 

 four British plants from F. C. S. Rojoer, Esq. ; six British plants from the Rev. C. A. 

 Newdigate ; four plants from Wiltshire, from W. A. Clarke, Esq.; 158 plants from 

 Donegal, from Miss A. Kinahan ; and 27 British plants from the Rev. W. R. Linton. 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase: — 168 plants from the 

 Balearic Islands, collected by Porta and Rigo ; 200 ]>lants of Central Euro])e from Schultz ; 

 362 plants of Greece, collected by Orphanides and 87 by Heldrelch ; 100 plants from Italy, 

 collected by Lojacono ; 100 specimens of European HIeracia from Peters ; a collection of 

 ErythrsBas from Wittrock ; 1,347 plants from Himalaya and Tibet, collected by 

 Schlaulntweit ; 485 plants of Syria, collected by Post; 911 species of plants and 74 

 varieties of woods from New Guinea, collected by H. O. Forbes; 379 INIadagascar plants, 

 collected by the Rev. Richard Baron ; 200 plants of the Cape of Good Hope, from Prof. 

 Macowan ; 179 critical plants of California, from E. L Greene, Ksq. ; 424 specimens of 

 plants from California, collected by Orcutt ; 219 from Florida, collected by Curtiss ; 424 

 plants from Mexico, collected by Pringle ; 208 plants from Washington Territory, 

 collected by Suksdorf ; 204 plants from California, collected by Lemmon ; 215 ])lants of 

 New Mexico, collected by Palmer; 197 plants from South-east Oregon, collected by 

 Howell ; 100 species of Juncus, from Engelmann : 450 species of Scandinavian Mosses 

 f rom Hartmann ; 2,051 species of Mosses and Hepatlcs chiefly of species described by 

 Dr. S. O. LIndberg ; 697 species of Mosses, collected in South Africa by Dr. Rehmann: 

 23 species of Lichen (rom CalKoruia, from Orcutt; 88 preparations of Lichens from Joshua ; 

 1,100 species of Ali^ae from France, collected by Mougeot, Duprey, and Rourneguere ; 

 ioO species of Algae from Scandinavia, from Wittrock and Nordstedt ; 445 Australasian 

 Algae, collected by the late Prof. Harvey; 125 species of Diatomacea; of Europe, from 

 van Huerck: 50 species of Ascomycetous Fungi from Rehm ; 1,100 species ot European 

 Fungi from Sydow, and 300 European Fungi from Rabenhorst. 



At the close of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, several fine specimens of trees were 

 presented to the Museum by the exhibitors. A transverse section of a large Douglas Pine, 

 a similar section of a large Fii', and a large plank of a Spruce Fir were presented by Frank 

 Garrett, Esq. ; a transverse section of the Karri tree, from M. C. Davies, Esq. ; a very 

 large specimen of Kinf^ia austi'alls, specimens of Seven woods and two spikes of a 

 Xanthorrhea, from the Hon. Malcolm Eraser, C.M.G., and a very large and fine specimen 

 of Raovlia eximiu, from Jolin D. Enys, Esq. 



Tlie most impoi-tant additions to the collection of prints and drawings were the purchase 

 of a collection of 1,922 original drawings of British plants by the late Miss Onslow; a 

 very extensive series of drawings of plants made by the late Professor Schleiden ; a 

 collection of drawings of Orchids and other plants, made In Borneo by F. W. Burbidge, 

 Esq.; 42 original drawings ot Orchids by Miss Cooke; 493 original drawings of Indian 

 plants ; five drawings of Fungi by the late Mrs, Russell,' presented by Philip J. Worsley, 

 Esq. : a drawing of ^'pilocoea Pomi, and proofs on India paper of the Illustrations to 

 Stevenson's Hymenomycetous Fungi, from W. G. Smith, Esq.; 355 engravings of plants; 

 and proofs of the plant figures from the Gardeners' Chronicle, presented by Dr. Masters, 



Contributions to the Library have been received from the Secretary of State for India, 

 the Right Hon. Sir M. E. Grant Duflr, Governor of Madras, Dr. C. C. Parry, J. G. Baker, 

 Esq., Rev. C. A. NcAvdigate, C. Bailey, Esq., J. Britten, Esq,, Messrs, Bell & Sons, 

 and the Netherlands Botanical Society. 



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