presented. The collection comprised about 2,500 numbers, and 
included a special series of plants from Mount Omi. Descriptions 
of over thirty of the more obvious novel;'' - contain ■ i in Wilson's 
two collections have already appeared (Kew Bull., 1906, pp. 
147-163). 
A valuable set of about 1,200 plants from Chumbi and Tibet 
was presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Many of 
the specimens were obtained in Chumbi and Phari by Lepcha 
collectors working under the supervision of Sir Ceorge King, late 
Superintendent of the Calcutta Garden. One of these collectors, 
named Dungboo, was able to penetrate as far as Lhasa and to bring 
luck a small hut interesting collection made en route to that city. 
Another very int. r< sting co] action, though of small extent and 
coiupo.-ed of rather f ragmen tarv specimens, was made at the 
instigation of sir .Vlfivd Croft, late Director of Public Instruction, 
,; * ngil.by the Lama Ujyen Gyatsko, who went by way of Chumbi 
an I 1'hari to Shigatze, returning to British Sikkim by way of 
Nepal. The rest of the collection g the course 
ot the negotiations of the recent Tibet Mission. While this mis- 
<luu xv;l - <' - -hand super- 
y 1 ,^'' 1 n;i;iV( ' collectors belonging to the Calcutta Garden in 
1 the Lonok. In September, 1903, the Director of the 
I'otaiural Survey of India was himself able, at the invitation of 
Sir F. Younghusband, to visit th- 
Southern Tibet. Though it was then almost too late in the season 
llection of seeds, the Director was able, with 
feir r. Younghusband's assistance, to make satisfactorv arrange- 
he collection of specimens during 1904 by means of 
i-diatelv under Captain Walton. 
l.M >.. Surgeon t„ the Mission Staff. Much help was also given 
to these collectors by Mr. E. H. Walsh, I.C.S., Political Officer in 
K: - C.I.K.. Political A,e„. in Sikkim, and 
" Survey Officer attached 
, *' ." " n,|sn:ill . v large number of Tropical and South African col- 
1 during the year, the most noteworthy 
Jsweilers Angola and Dawe's and Brown's Uganda 
A set of Gossweiler's Angola collection, numbering 
by the University of Coimbra, 
td Cazengo, and his collection, 
itains, will be of great value in 
8 '' Ki w n^terial of many Welwitschian species. 
!! " ^'|;la v .11, ctions formed and presented by Messrs. M. T. 
comprised about 1,150 sheets. A complete 
f "' Uganda Proteetorate," issued as a 
about 5^ ne^spectT and Z ' ? ' bonfi ?^ 
species and one new genus, of which descriptions 
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is dv no means yet completely known. 
