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_ Sour Arrica.—Presented: From various localities, by the 
Bolus Herbarium and Mr. W. C. Worsdell; Basutoland (Mrs. A. 
Dieterlen), by the South African Museum; Natal, by Dr. J. 
Medley Wood; "Percy Sladen Expedition Compositae, by Pro- 
fessor H. H. W. Pearson. 
Purchased: Miss Alice Pegler, Transkei Fungi. 
orTH AMERICA.—Presented: Greenland Algae (E. Whymper 
and Rob. Brown), by Mr. H. N. Dixon; Wisconsin fii 2, 
Palmer), by the Arnold Arboretum; Bermudan and Floridan 
mosses, by Mrs. E. G. Britton; Bermudan Algae, by Mr. F. 8S. 
Collins. 
Souts America.—Presented: Colombia, near Bogota, by Mrs. 
J. A. Tracey. 
GENnERAL.—Presented: Roses, by Mr. J. G. Baker. 
Some plants collected by Mr. E. Whymper in 1862 on the 
South side of the Matterhorn, between 11,500 and 13,000 ft., 
have been presented by Dr. W. Botting Hemsley. A collection 
made by Major Cowie, R.E., during the Turco-Persian Frontier 
Delimitation Expedition, 1914, has been received through Mr. 
R.S. Hole. Critical species, wild or cultivated in Tenerife, have 
been presented by Dr. G. V. Perez. The Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, has contributed Chinese specimens collected by Mr. 
G. Forrest and Western Australian ones from the herbarium of 
the late Dr. Alexander Morrison. Mr. W. J. Tutcher has pre- 
sented a set of the specimens he collected in 1914 during the 
North River Expedition. Mr. J. H. Lace has continued to give 
specimens collected by him in Burma and Bengal. he col- 
lections made in Penang and Selangor by Messrs. H. N. Ridley 
and C. Boden Kloss have been named at Kew by the former, 
who has presented them. The large Indian herbarium forme 
by Sir Alfred and Lady Bourne, between 1896 and 1914, has 
been presented by them; it consists mainly of Madras lants, 
but also contains some collected in Simla in 1902. The Sikkim 
herbarium of the late Dr. W. J. Treutler has been acquired by 
purchase. Fresh instalments of Siamese plants have been 
received from Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, Phra Vanpruk and Mrs. dD. di 
Collins. Mr. E. D. Merrill has contributed a valuable collection 
of about 2500 Philippine plants. The Australian collection has 
been enriched by consignments from Dr. F. Stoward, the Govern- 
ment Botanist for Western Australia. Additional Sierra 
Leone plants have been sent by Mr. N. W. Thomas, and 
collections from Uganda by Messrs. T. D. Maitland, R. A. 
Diimmer and W. Small. The Perey Sladen Expedition Com- 
positae (determined at Kew by Mr. J. Hutchinson) have been 
presented by Professor H. H. W. Pearson. Mrs, A. Dieterlen’s 
Basutoland plants have been presented by the South African 
Museum. arious South African plants have been receiv 
through the Bolus Herbarium and Mr. W. C. Worsdell. Green- 
as types in the preparation ‘of Miss Willmott’s book, The Genus 
Rosa, have been presented by Mr. J. G. Baker. 
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