69. 
YroprcaL Arrica. Presented:—Sierra Leone, by Mr. C.-E. 
Lane-Poole ; Northern Nigeria, by Dr. J. M. Dalziel and Mr. C. C. 
Yates ; Southern Nigeria, oe Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Talbot (through 
the British 1] Museum), Mr. N. W. Thomas; French West Africa, 
by Dr. Aug. Chevalier ; Somaliland, YoU, me ts. DE ake- 
Brockman; Belgian Congo (A. Sapin), by the Brussels Botanic 
Garden, and by the Rev. F. A. Rogers ; Angola, Cazengo, by Mr. 
John Gossweiler ; Mozambique, by r. M. T. Dawe; orth- 
west Rhodesia, by Miss A. E. Gairdner and Mrs, Macaulay, and by 
Rev. F. A. Rogers ; Bulawayo and the Matoppo Hills, by Lt.-Col. 
Purchased :—C. F. M. Swynnerton, Gazaland. 
Sourn Arrica, Presented :—South-west Africa, Percy Sladen 
Memorial Expedition, Prof. H. H. W. aoe by the Percy 
aden Trustees; Transvaal, by Lt.-Col. A. F. Appleton ; 
Basutoland, Dieterlen, by Prof. Ch. Flahault ; various, by Mr. 
K. E. Galpin and Mr. E. P. Phillips. 
Purchased :—Miss Olive Nation, Transvaal; Miss M. 
ahd Swaziland ; sree: Alice Pegler, Kentani ; Sas Rudatis, 
tal. 
NG AMERICA. Presented :—Newfoundland, by Mrs. E. G. 
Britton ; United States, by the United i National Herbarium ; 
Bermuda, by the Government of Berm 
Purchased :—J. Macoun, Canads ¢ ; A. A. Heller, Nevada ; 
F. S. Collins, “ Phycotheca Boreali- Americana,” fase. 34-35. 
Mexico. Purchased :—C. R. Orcutt. 
West Inpies. Presented:—Jamaica, by Mr. W. Harris ; 
Jamaica and Bahamas, by Mrs. E. G. Britton; eee West 
Indies, Dr. J. Boldingh, by the Rijks eb Se Utrec 
“Purch ased :~-Baron Tiirckheim, San Doming 
Souta AmeEricA. Presented: Sas ae by ere We P. 
‘or ; British Guiana, by Mr. F. A. Stockdale; Brazil, by 
F, Theissen; Bolivia, Mr. R. 8S. Williams — Martin 
Conway Expedition), by the New York Botanical Gard 
-A set of more than 1200 peers oe various iooaltiie has 
been presented by the Paris Herbari ri Stephani has 
presented specimens of a new species of Frullania described by him 
Thanks to the kindness of the Bentham Trustees a collection of 
figures of fungi, including 7000 sheets, the work of Dr. M. C. 
Cooke, has recently been presented to the Herbarium. Dr. se s 
original collection has been installed in the Herbarium for gs 
years, and the total number of sheets of the combined silosGous 
amounts to 30,000. The majority are original drawings, and range 
over the entire family of fungi, special attention having been 
devoted to the delineation of microscopic forms. The specimens 
collected by Mr. M. P. Price during his recent sti 
through North-west Mongolia have been presente 
The Corean ach pe ties from Pere E. J. Taquet ott 
chiefly of Cyperaceae, Gramineae and Leguminosae. oN. 
Ridley’ s Satlidtion ‘contains plants collected by him in Borneo 
