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- PREFACE, 
Gilbert Carter, K.C.M.G., late Governor of Lagos, into the 
interior. (Kew Bulletin, 1893, pp. 146 and 369.) 
H. Veitch, F.L.S. Collection made by Kalbreyer in the 
region of the Niger Delta and Cameroons. 
NORTH CENTRAL. 
The material still remains extremely scanty, and nothing of 
importance has been added. 
Nite LAND. 
Mons. W. Barbey, Dr. G. Schweinfurth’s collections from 
Eritrea. 
Miss Edith Cole and Mrs. Lort Phillips. A collection from 
Somaliland. (See Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 158 and 211-230.) 
G. F. Scott-Elliot. A large collection from British East 
Africa made during the Ruwenzori Expedition, 1893-4. (See 
Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 77-78.) 
Professor A. Engler has communicated the plants of 
Steudner from Abyssinia and of Stuhlmann from Ruwenzori. 
Dr. J. M. Hildebrandt. Collection from British East 
Africa. (Died 1881.) 
Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B. Collections made during the 
Kilimanjaro Expedition. (See Transactions Linnean Society, 
Second Series, Botany, vol. ii. pp. 327-355.) 
Dr. G. Schweinfurth. Collections from the upper tribu- 
taries of the Nile. 
Rev. T. Wakeñeld. A collection from British East Africa, 
chiefly near Mombasa. 
Rev. C. T. Wilson. A collection from Uganda and Unyoro. 
LOWER GUINEA. 
G. L. Bates. Plants from Gaboon. 
Professor J. A. Henriques, University of Coimbra. Col- 
lections from Island of St. Thomas, collected by F. Quintas and 
A. Moller. 
Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B. A collection from Angola. 
J. J. Monteiro. Plants from Angola. (Died 1878.) 
Professor Hans Schinz. Plants from German South-West 
Africa. 
H. Soyaux. Plants from Gaboon and Loango. 
SoutH CENTRAL. 
The vegetation of this region, which includes the Congo 
Free State, is, although undoubtedly very rich, almost entirely 
unknown. Professor Engler has communicated plants collected 
by Buchner, Biittner, and Pogge. A part of Dr. G. Schwein- 
furth’s collections (from the Monbuttu country) also belong to it. 
Professor Oliver states in his preface that Sir John Kirk’s 
collections on the Upper Zambesi had been lost. They were 
