ACCOUNTS. &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSCUM. 77 



Department of BoTANr. 



During the past year 49,879 specimens of plants have been mounlad, named, and 

 inserted in their places in the Herbarium ; of these, 15,679 were Phanerogams, and 

 34,200 were Cryptogams. 



These additions have consisted chiefly of specimens collected in Europe by Auerswald 

 and Heldreich; in India by King, Clarke, Beddome, and Ferguson ; in Perak by Scorte- 

 chini ; in China by Hance ; in Japan by Bisset ; in Egypt by 6chweinfurth ; in Tropical 

 Africa by the Rev. W. E. Taylor; in South Africa by Macowan, .Scully, and Scott Elliot ; 

 in Canada by Macoun ; in the United States by Bartram, Lemmon, and Marcus Jones; 

 in Mexico by Palmer; in the Bermudas by Baron Eggers; in British Guiana by Im Thurn, 

 and in Brazil by Miers, and Ridley, Lea and Ramage. 



The great collection of Mosses formed by Hampe has been completely mounted and 

 arranged in the cabinets. 



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

 more or less completely re-arranged: — RanuncnhicetE, Papaveracea, Crucifera, Violacece, 

 CaryopJiyllacect, Malvacece, RosncecB, Loranthacece, Composites, CampanitlacecB, Apocynece, 

 Gentianncecs, Bignoniacetp, Loffanincece, Laurinea, Cupuliferce, Euphorbiacece, GraminecB, 

 Filices, and Lycopodiacca. 



The sei'ies of Moiiocotyledonous plants in the public gallery has been partly re- 

 arranged, and progress has been made in selecting and labelling specimens for the 

 Moipbological Exhibition in the great hall. 



A collection of British plants have been selected for public exhibition, specially for the 

 use of students. The Dicotyledons have been systematically arranged in moveable 

 frames attached to two standards, and the descriptions from Mr. Bentham's Handbook of 

 the British Flora have been attached as labels to each species. The frames of a third 

 standard will complete the Vascular plants, and those of a fourth will contain a typical 

 representation of the Cellular plants of Britain. 



The models of Fungi prepared by the elder Sowerby in connection with his " British 

 Funo-ology " have been completely restored, and repainted by Mr. W. G. Smith, f.l.s., 

 and remounted with greater regard to the conditions under which they occur in nature. 



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

 161 species of plants from Cyrene from M. Barbey ; 910 species from India from C_. Bai'on 

 Clarke, Esq. ; 447 species from India from Dr. King; 819 species, collected chiefly in 

 the islands of the Eastern Archipelago by Lobb, presented by H. Veitch, Esq. ; 27 

 .specimens of Dipterocarps, presented by Mr. C Curtis of the Forest Department of 

 the Straits Settlements atPenang; 300 species of South African ^plants from Pro- 

 fessor Macowan; 530 s])ecies from Africa and Syria from Dr. Schweinfurth; 145 

 species from St Thomas, West Tropical Africa, from Prof Henriquez of Coimbra ; 

 29 species from the Niger from Sir J. Marshall ; 172 species from Canada from 

 Professor Macoun ; two species of American Conifera; from Prof. Sargent ; three rare 

 American plants from Dr. N. L. Britton ; 305 species of plants, 25 specimens of fruits, 

 and 74 specimens of woods, collected in the Bermudas by Baron Eggers, and presented 

 by the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the British Association for mvestigating 

 the Natural History of West India Islands ; a collection of fruits and seeds from Jamaica 

 from William Fawcett, Esq. ; 20 specimens of fruits and seeds from the island of Fernando 

 do Noronha from Major Mendouca ; 31 specimens of OrcfcVZeffi from Mr. F. Moore of 

 Glasnevin; four species of Orckideoi from Mr. J. O'Brien ; six species of OrchidecB from 

 Mr. H. Veitch ; specimens of Slrophanthus from Mr. T. Christy ; specimen of Trapella 

 Sinensis from Mr. F. W. Oliver; specimen of Finns murlcata from Mr. J. Ion ; a Haben- 

 aria from Madagascar from the Rev. R. Baron ; six species of Cryptogams from Mi'- G- 

 Davies • 23 species of Cryptogams from Mr. A. Bennett ; 17 species of Moss fi-om Holne, 

 East Suff-olk, collected and presented by Mr. Clement Reid ; 34 species of Cryptogams 

 from Mrs Blicker ; 23 specimens of Mosses from Borneo, collected and presented by 

 Mr A H. Everett; a new British Moss from Mr. J. R. Vaisey ; 50 species of HqmhccB, 

 collected in New South Wales by Mr. Thomas Whitelegge, and presented by Dr. Carring- 

 ton and Mr W H Pearson; specimens of rare and critical ^Zr/ae from Cramer, lieccari, 

 andGrunow; 243 species oi Fun,/, ixom W. W. Strickland, Esq. ; 11 preparations of 

 minute Fungi from Mr. George Brebner ; 12 prepai-ations of Fungi from Dr. D. D 

 Cunningham ; 34 species of Uredinea. from C P. P ownght, Esq. and specimens of 

 difterentplantsfromMessrs. G.F.Sherwood, Scott Elliot, W. Phillips, W. G. Smith, 

 C. P. Smith, and Mrs. Dickson. r> r t ^ \t 



By exchange a collection of 122 species of Algae from Barclay Sound, Vancouver 

 Island, was ob'talued from Prof. Macoun. •/•!.- 



The following collections have been acquired by purchase:— 100 species of European 

 plants from Dr. Schultz ; 100 species of plants from Sicily, collected by Lojacono; 

 100 species of plants from Greece, collected by Prof Heldreich ; 240 species of plants from 

 Poland, collected by Blocki ; 415 species from Northern Syria, collected by 1 rof Post ; 

 1,000 specimens from the East Indian Islands,; 20 species from New Gumea, collected 

 bvH O Forbes; 670 species from Eastern Tropical Africa, collected by the Rev. W. 

 E Taylor ; a collection from Lake Nyassa formed by Buchanan ; 124 species from 

 Madagascar, collected by the Rev. R. Baron ; 450 species from California, collected by 

 Dr. Palmer; 172 species from Brazil, collected by Ramage; 794 South American plants 



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