136 
are described by Mr. Skan, seven by Mr. Hemsley, and one by 
Mr. N. E. Brown. Stfttiudinjixis (two specie* in Nyasaland and one 
species inSomalilandiand the very singular submerged monotypie 
Dinh'ra from Hereroland are the only endemic tropical African 
genera oi Scrojili iiJa riar> a" record. -d in this part. A very strong 
South African element is represented by the Aptosimeae, Hemi- 
merideae, and Manaleae, whilst a boreal element, much less 
numerous, enters with the Aniirrliin<'a>>, Vn-ha*>-n>ii. S'-mp/tu- 
laria, and Veronica. The Oratioleae (74 species), on the other 
hand, constitute a palaeotropic component, most of the genera 
having a wide distribution in the tropical and sub-tropical regions 
of the Old World. Very singular is the occurrence of the Andine 
IlU'lrunt helium wax" in two localities tone in Southern Nigeria, 
the other in the Congo State). 
■Flora of the Malayan Peninsula -Numbers 16, 17, and 18 of 
Sir George King's "Materials for a Flora of the Malayan 
Peninsula" were issued at the beginning of the year, bringing 
the work down to the Pedaliaceae. In these, as in the numbers 
14 and 15, Mr. J. S. Gamble is m George King. 
No. 16 begins with an account of the genus P&ychotria, of which 
twenty -nine specie are dt^-uhed. eleven of them being new. 
It also contains the natural orders Yakriawftw, Ynntpositae, 
ShfU/Iiact'cie, Goodenouiaceae, Cainpanulaceae, Vacci/i iao-ae, 
Erioiente, Kparridnri-Hi'. I'l 'n ml-tn/i ',,>/,;■</,; Mnnoffn,,*/ w [hx 
Lieut.-Col. Pram), and Gentianaceae (by Mr. C. B. Clarke). 
These orders include only fortv-eight genera and eighty-one 
species, of which two and seventeen respectively are new. The 
new genera are: Pernetti»ij.si*. Kin- and Gamble ( Ericaceae), of 
■ are two shrubby epiphytic species ; and Microrphium, 
C. B. Clarke (Gentianaceae). The relative poverty in < 'ompositar is 
striking. It is true that twenty-three genera are represented, but 
eighteen of them by only one species each. Altogether there are 
only thirty-one species, which are mostly weeds of cultivation; 
not one is peculiar to the Peninsula. No. 17 contains the 
Myr*;,}'v>-n.. s.i r .i lt , .„.. ;.;/„ Il(t , ,„,, >■/„,-,,,,„., ;UK i Oleaceae, 
comprising twenty-four genera and 221 species. There are no 
new irenera, but nearly half of the species were previously unde- 
seribed. No. IS contains the na" •///act-ae to 
l.'-»id„iluri,irr,„: the Bignoniaceae and the Pedaliaceae. With 
the exception «.i the />>,„ „,//„<„■,.,„.. by Sir G. Ki n- and the Hydro- 
■ 
ot Lieut -Col. 1). L'rain. Fifty-three genera and lot) species are 
: ■■"» ! ^' ! " forthf lirsr time, und comparath ely few 
species of these orders are peculiar to the Peninsula 
