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“ Dr. Henry also obtained for the Kew Herbarium Dr. Ernst 
Faber’s important collection from Mt. Omei as well as Morse’s 
from Kwangsi and Ducloux 
ig was afterwards destroyed by fire. His plants are taken up 
n the Enumeration from the fifth part onwards. 
“ The extraordinary richness of the flora of Western and Central 
China as revealed by Henry’s collections, induced Messrs. Veitch 
to send out E. H. Wilson to make further botanical explora- 
ti He made two journeys; the first in 1899, when he arrived 
od ae to see Henry, and the second in 1903. Messrs. Veitch 
with a liberality worthy of their distinguished firm, 
Eaves aiectied to the Kew Herbarium a complete set of Wilson’s 
plants. Some are taken up in the later parts of the Enumeration. 
“In 1875 Mr. Hemsley had drawn up a list of the Chine 
plants in the Kew Herbarium ae Mr. Forbes, and believed it ra 
00 ¢ . 
have contained between 4,0 5,000 species. The present 
Enumeration contains 8,271, of swhioh 4,930 are err or not 
own to occur outside the Chinese Empire. The ee 
estimate cannot put the whole flora as cinta less than 
pecie 
“Tt only remains in bringing this note to a conclusion to add a 
few particulars as to the bibliography which have been supplied 
by Mr. Hemsle 
“With regard to the literature cited, it may be useful to explain 
r three points which might not otherwise be quite clear. 
ols ea a Melanges Biologiques’ is cited for Maximo- 
Wicz’s speci though in most instances they were originally 
published in tk ‘Bulletin de l’Acade sein Snipers des Sciences 
de St. Pétersbourg.’ The references Franchet’s ‘ Plante 
Davidiane ’ are to the repaged issue of the ‘Premiere ripe and 
not to the original pages in the ‘ sects Archives du Muséum.’ 
On the other hand, the pages are given of the ‘ Annales asad 
Botanici | Lugduno- Batavi’ for Miquel’s * Prolusio Flore Japonice,’ 
ore 
* Flore Par Familiz Naturales ie a ’ originally appear 
in the Miinchener ‘Abhandlungen,’ vol. iv. ane a the 
pa 
cited Shee. not otherwise ak 
“W,. T. THISELTON-DYER. 
“ Kew, 
“ December, 1905,” 
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