Tropical Africa. Presented :— Gold Coast, by Mr. W. H. 
Johnson; Dawodu, Lagos, l.y Sir W. MaoGrogor, K.C.M.G., C.B. ; 
Angola, bv Mr. J. Gossweilor : Sudan, by Mr. A. F. Broun; 
Uganda, by Mr. J. Mahon ; Zanzibar and Pemha, by Mr. R. N. 
Lyne ; Nyasaland, by Mr. J. McClounic ; various German col- 
lections, by Botanic Garden, Berlin. 
Presented .—Seychelles, by Mr. H. P. 
South AFRICA. Presented:— Komati Poort, by Lieut. J. W. 0. 
Kirk : Major A. J. Richardson, Orange River Colony, by 
Mrs. Richardson: Natal. l,v Houudo Cardens, Dnrl.au: Namaqua- 
land, by Miss E. Foxwell ; various pares of South Africa, by 
Dr. H. Bolus ; do. by Dr. Hans 3chinz. 
North America. Presented .—Grasses of the Western United 
States, by the United Sta * D. partm t of Viniculture ; " Exsic- 
catae Grayanao," l.ij tin Gra\ Herkarimu of Harvai I University : 
A\estor:i Minnesota M>ssos. by I'n.f. .1. M. l[oI/in-er; North 
American Trees, by the Arnold \ m Lichens, 
by Dr. II. E. Hasse. 
Purchased.— Rosendahl and Brand, Vancouver Island, Cent. i. ; 
Cusiek, RasternOre-on; 11. M. Had. San .Jacinto Mountains, Cali- 
lornui; Elinor. Monrerev. California; Trask, Sta. Catalina, Cali- 
fornia; C. F. Ikdcor. Wes, Contraf Colorado; Iv-h-ston, Vermont ; 
Curtiss, 801 , ger. viii. 
Centra l A m erica. Pi -esen ted . — L 
\' " ■ : Fahm r. Acapulco, by the Gr 
Purchased;— Tonduz, Costa Rica. 
West Indies. Presented :— Heller, Puerto Rico, by the New 
York Botanic Garden ; Britton and Co well, St. Kitts, by the New 
! Fangi, by the Department of 
Public Gardens and Plantations. Jamai ;a. 
M T n 0P i C ^ L SoUTH America. Presented .—British Guiana, by 
Mr. ex. S. Jemnan ; Langlasse, Colombia, by M. M. Micheli. 
Purchased ,— Miller and Johnston, Margarita Island, Venezuela. 
Temperate South America. Presented .—Chile and Argen- 
ts W f^hnson y ; ChUiaU **™*> by Staff Weon 
Purchased;- Dusen, Chilian and Patagonian Mosses. 
The most important accession was the first set of E. H. Wilson's 
3 during his first journey for Messrs, J. 
connLtl K n \ b ^° m th t Sii ** collection 
flowers ^n 1 ft'Tl < °V hG T cimenB de8ervea rem ^rk, both 
instonces * ° leCted in a Very lar ^ e number ° f 
