72 THE ROYAL HERBARIUM AT MUNICH. 
in this herbarium. Thus, from the coasts of Asia Minor, are collections 
made by Fleischer, and communicated through the Itinerary Union of 
Wiirtemberg ; 285 species from the Taurus, furnished by Kotschy ; 
the Syrian-Arabic plants of Sieber, Schimper, the Leuchtenberg-Archi- 
ater Dr. Fischer, during a number of years professor in the school 
of medicine at Kafr El Ainee, at Kairo, who made frequent excursions 
into Lower Egypt and several parts of Arabia; the entire harvest of 
Drs. Roth and Erdl, who accompanied M. von Schubert in his voyage 
to the Levant, consisting of plants from Lebanon and the deserts of 
Egypt and Arabia; and, finally, a valuable collection made by Col. 
Chesney on the Euphrates, and communicated by the Horticultural 
Society of London. From Georgia and the other Caucasian terri- 
tories, there are plants furnished by Hohenacker, Brunner, Steven, 
A. Richter, of Moscow, Dr. Tschernjajew, professor at Charkow, Bunge, 
Von Ledebour, and the Imp. Acad. at St. Petersburg. The two last- 
mentioned parties, besides C. A. Meyer, Bunge, Turezaninow and 
Drége, sent Altaic, Davurian, and other Siberian plants ; Joerdens and 
Von Chamisso, from Kamtschatka; Bunge, Bentham, and the Imp. 
Russian Academy communicated Chinese plants. Japan plants were 
furnished by Siebold and Biirger, and by purchase from Göring, 
which served as materials for the beautiful works on the Flora of 
Japan, published by Zuccarini and Siebold. Indian plants were 
brought home by Baron C. von Hügel; others were communicated from 
the Wallichian collection, by Bentham and Lindley ; and by Krauer. 
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