ACCOUNTS. &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSCUM. 



Mueller and the Eev. T S. Lea, in North America by Orcutt, and in Columbia by 

 Lehmann ; and the Cryptogams of Ferns collected in Perak by Scortechini, Mosses from 

 the herbaria of lioemer, Shuttleworth, Spruce, and Schimper, and Algae from Ceylon, the 

 Red Sea, the Cape of Good Hope, and Guadeloupe. The valuable Herbarium of Fungi 

 bequeathed by the late C. E. Broome, has been completely re-mounted, arranged, and 

 made fully accessible to students. The various collections of Diatomaccoe have been 

 systematically arranged. 



In the ])rogress ot incorporating these additions, the following Natural Orders have been 



more or less completely re-arranged: — AnorMceca, Menispei macece, Berheiide(E,Niji>ipIi(jsacecE, 



Cucurliitacece, Umbellifcra, Araliac.cce, CornacecB, Primuiaceas, Nyctaqhiecc, Fhylolaccncea, 



PodostenidCf-cB, ThymelcBacea, Loranthacece, Santalacece, Evjihorbiacece, Urticaceas, Cupuli- 



feroE, Cycadacpce, OrchidacecB, I'almcB, and Filters. 



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

 of the late Dr. Hance, of Whampoa, China, consisting of 22,437 species of plauts. The 

 Museum has in this secured an extensive series of plants from various districts in Cliina. 

 as well as the types of all the plants which Dr. Hance bad himself discovered and 

 described. Already this collection has been of great service in connection vath the 

 " Flora of China," now being issued by a Committee of the Royal Society of London. 



John W. Miers, Esq., has presented the large collection of Ferns, chiefly rich in 

 South American forms, that belonged to his late father, John Miers, f.r.s., &c. The 

 Herbarium of flowering plants had already, by bequest on the decease of Mr. Miers, 

 become the property of the Trustees, and by this valuable donation the whole of the 

 ^lant collections of Mr. Miers has been acquired by the Department. 



A valuable selection of the Algte of Guadeloupe, consisting of 1,509 specimens, 

 have been acquired from M. Maze, representiug the species described in Maze and 

 Schramm's " Algues de la Guadeloupe." 



The additions to the collections by presentation during the year have consisted of 511 

 species of Italian plants from H. Groves, Esq., f.l.s. ; a collection of Scandinavian Roses 

 from G. Nicholson, Esq. ; a set of the plants of the Afghan Boundary Expedition, col- 

 lected and presented by J. E. T. Aitchison, Esq., m.d. ; 747 species of Indian plants 

 from J. S. Gamble, Esq., F.L.S. ; 86 species of Indian plants from Dr. King, Calcutta; 

 44 species of plants from Perak, collected by the late Rev. F. iScortechini, presented by the 

 Government of Perak ; 100 species of plants from Madras from M. A. Lawson,Esq., F.L.s. ; 

 109 species of plants fiom the Cauieroons, collected by H. H. Johnston, Esq., presented 

 by the British Association ; 200 species of South African plants from Prof. MacOwan and 

 H. Bolus, Esq., f.l.s. ; 665 species of Australian plants, and ei^iht Orchids and two Palms 

 from New Guinea, from Baron von Mueller ; 54 species of Australian plants and 125 species 

 from Hawaii, from the Rev. T. S. Lea; 43 species of plants from California, from M. K. 

 Curran; 173 species of plants from Demerara, from G. S. Jenman, Esq., f.l.s.; 

 63 species of plants from Brazil, from W. F. Leeson, Esq. ; 750 specimens from Pernam- 

 buco, collected and presented by the Rev. T. S. Lea, and Messrs. Ridley and Ramage ; 

 59 species of Orchids from F. W. Moore, Esq. ; two South African Orchids from 

 H. Bolus, Esq. ; six Orchids from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, from F. M. Pascoe, 

 Esq. ; several species of Narcissus and other plants from George Maw, Esq. ; 72 species 

 of Festuca from Prof. Hackel ; 122 specimens of Cyperacece from N. America and New 

 Zealand, from A, Bennett, Esq., f.l.s. ; specimens of Balanophora indica, from Prof. 

 Bower and T. G. Millington, Esq. ; a specimen of Trimorphopetuhan dorsteiiloides from 

 Madagascar, from J. G. Bakei-, Esq., F.E.S. ; specimens of cultivated plants from 

 Lord Walsingham, the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen, Sir Trevor Lawrence, C. B. 

 Clarke, Esq., J. O'Brien, Esq., F. W. Burbidge, Esq., and Prof Henslow ; six species 

 of Mosses from Prof. Lindberg ; 58 species of Mosses from Travancore from Col. Bed- 

 dome ; 18 species of Hepatics from W. H. Pearscm, Esq.; 85 species of Algae from 

 Nova Scotia, and 124 from Vancouver, from Prof Macoiin ; 174 gatherings of Arctic 

 Diatoms and 56 species of Indian Algae, collected by Dr. Watt, from the Director of the 

 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew ; 64 species of Algae from the Cape of Good Hope from 

 Capt. Young ; 18 species of Algae from Queensland from W. Alcock TuUy, Esq. : two 

 species of Mediterranean Algae from Dr. Bornet ; specimens of Valonia from Bermuda 

 from Mrs. Whelpdale ; a fine specimen of Cordiceps Taylori from Victoria, and a drawing 

 of a species of Agarkus, from VV. G. Smith, Esq. ; three speciea of Indian Fungi, eight 

 drawings of Fungi, the extensive Herbarium of British Mints, made by the late Rev. 

 Kirby Trimmer, the British Herbaria of Thomas Moore of Chelsea and Mr. Knowlton, 

 and a miscellaneons collection of British plants, from the Director of the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew ; 212 species of British plants from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 43 species from W. H. 

 Beeby, Esq.; 84 species from Wiltshire from the Rev. T. A. Preston; 196 species of 

 plants from ihe neighbourhood of London from C. D. Sherborn, Esq. ; a large coUectiun 

 of British plants from the Botanical Record Club, and other British plants from Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart., the Revs. E. F. Linton and H. P. Reader, Messrs. J. G. Baker, 

 J. Benbow, A. Dymond, D. Fry, H. C. Hart, J. H. A. Jenner, Jas. Saunders, R. T. 

 Towndrow, and R. Weaver, and Miss F. P. Thompson; 51 species of British Mosses 

 from E. G. Baker, lisr]. ; 60 species of Algae from tlie North Sea from E. M. Holmes, 

 Esq.; 20 species from the North Sea from George Murray, Esq. ; 16 species of British 

 Algae from Capt. Young; 15 species from Alex. Anderson ; six specimens of monstrous 

 flowers and stems from Dr. M. T. Masters, f.r.s. ; fasciated stem of Tamils irom. W. 



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