the country, by Dr. Otto Stapf. Of course it can only be re- 
garded as a fragment, some natural orders that almost certainly 
occur in Liberia not being represented in the collections, whilst 
other groups are very poorly represented. Of ferns, for example, 
only four species are enumerated and only seven orchids. But 
this fragment will doubtless be very useful, as it includes a large 
percentage of plants of economic value. Altogether about 
540 species are enumerated, belonging to ninety natural orders. 
The orders most numerously represented are i—Legu ml >)<>*,<>', 
60 species ; RuMaceae, 50 ; Ap " e > 29 • and 
Graminme, 25 species. Mr. Alexander Whyte's collection was l.y 
far the largest, and the consolidated collection yielded four new 
genera and about seventy new species mostly described in the 
37th volume of the Journal of the Linnean Society. Mr. Whyte 
paid ferial at mini t<> rubier-yielding plants, especially those 
belonging to the order Aport/naerae .• the most important are 
accurately figured. 
Botanical Magazine for July -The plants figured are: Euphorbia 
iimcnmbcns, Mill., Deutzia Wilsoni, Duthie, Paphu> V n!,Ium 
lilawu>i,] t iillu,,i> J I. Smith, (jurania < > < W, Cogn., and 
Ueuixta cinerra. DC. The EujJiorbtu is a dwarf, succulent, South 
African species, allied to E. Caput-uwa'usae, Linn., but differs m 
having brightly coloured lobes to the involucres. The specimen 
figured is in the possession of Mr. Justus Corderoy, of Didcot, 
Deuti-in Wilsoni is a free-flowering new species from Western 
China, differing milv v. v\ slitrhth t'rou D. "'-■■' ''< Hemsl. The 
material from which the drawing whs prepared was supplied by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. Paphh t >vdilu.m <jla» 
recent introduction from Java, resembles the w< 
P.chamberl inguishedby 
having uniformly coloured, glaucous and broader leaves, and 
pubescent petals. The Kew plant was purchased from Messrs. * . 
Sander & Sons. It remains in flower for a long time. ' 
a curious cucurbitaceous genus, the species of which are usually, it 
not always, dioecious, and mostly, as in the caa 
known only in the male form. This species is a na 
Upper Amazons, and was figured from a specimen communicated 
by Mr. Ed. Andre, who had it in c n h»?Sn 
a species with a spicate, not a globose, inflorescence. The Oemsta 
is a small, free-flowering shrub, "a characteristic constituent or the 
bush vegetation and the underwood of the forests of the western 
Mediterranean region." It has been in cultivation for many years, 
hut is apparently not well-known. 
Flora of Tropical Africa.-With the issue of Part III. of Section 2 
the fourth volume of the Flora of Tropical Africa has been 
completed. It contains the conclusion of the Scry 
(pp. 385-466) by Mr. W. B. Hemsley and Mr S. A. b*an, tne 
ceae (pp. 462-468), Lentibulariaceae (pp. 468-499) ana 
512) by Mr. J G. Bake/ and C. B. Clarke, and the Btgnonu^ae 
(PP. 512-538) by Mr. T. A. Sprague, and "Addenda (pp. 571-0/ D> 
The Tropical African genera of ^^.^^STsSiw^ 
brought up to 54 with 368 species. In this part 29 species or 
