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object of his exertions, the diffusing gradually the advantages 

 of European civilisation amongst the people of Abyssinia ; 

 for to this end, as he distinctly writes, are his endeavours 

 directed, and it is this noble design which has enabled him 

 to give up his own fatherland. Should he succeed in effect- 

 ing anything permanent, then the Unio Itineraria may 

 congratulate itseif on having contributed its mite, or at least 

 on having given the opportunity for it, by sending Mr. W. 

 Schimper to Abyssinia. 



u It is less satisfactory, that Dr. Welwitsch at Lisbon, 

 appears to have forgotten his engagements with the Unio, 

 and has not fulfilled his often repeated promises of continuing 

 his remittances of Portuguese plants. We reserve to our- 

 selves the hope of compensating those subscribers who have 

 thus felt disappointments, proportionate to the amount of 

 their contributions, by a future remittance of Abyssinian 

 plants, or by some other means as far as we are able, if the 

 lately repeated promises of Dr. Welwitsch remain unful- 

 filled. 



" Prof. Hochstetter. 



"Dr. Steudel. 

 "Esslingen, August 15, 1845." 



Heldreich's Oriental Plants. 



South European and Oriental Botany is under immense 

 obligations to M. Boissier, of Geneva, for the services 

 rendered by his admirable descriptions of new and rare 

 species, no less than by the encouragement he has afforded to 

 collectors, and by the determination of the species amassed 

 through their means. M. Theodore Heldreich is one of the 

 ablest of these collectors, and the distribution of his collections 

 has given the greatest satisfaction to all the subscribers. 

 Those of Greece, formed in the autumn of 1843 and spring 

 of 1844, especially those from the mountain chains of 

 Malevo and of the Taygetes, have been mentioned in the 

 early part of our last volume, p. 41, and those yet to be 

 expected from him are intimated in the article which im- 



