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South Amehica. — Purchased : J, Heribaud, Colombia ; K. 

 riebrig^ Paraguay; E. H. Hassler, Paraguay and Brazil; Otto 

 Bucbtien, Herbarium Bolivianum, cent, ii^ iii and iv. 



General. — Presented : Abate G. Bresadola, Fungi. 

 PttTchased: Dr. F. Petrak, Cirsiotbeca, fasc. 1-12; H. Sydow, 

 Fungi Exotici Exsiccati, fasc. 2, 3 and 4. 



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The most important accession during tbe year bas been tbat of 

 tbe Wallicbian and Horsfield Herbaria, wbicb were presented 

 by the Linnean Society, and the cabinets to contain tbeni 

 obtained through the generosity of Sir Frank Crisp, Bart. An 

 account of these collections has been published in the Kew 

 Bulletin, 1913, pp. 255-263. Prof- Silvanus P. Thompson has 



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Mr. John 



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others. Miss L. S. Gibbs has presented plants collected by her in 

 Iceland and British North Borneo, Major A. H, WoUey-Dod 

 has presented a set of the Gibraltar plants collected by him, 

 which he has worked out at Kew during the year. 



An extensive collection made in Northern Syria by Haradjian 

 has been acquired through Dr. J. Briquet, and a set from Pales- 

 tine has been purchased from Messrs. F. Vester and Co., of 

 Jerusalem, Prof. C. Savageau has presented a collection of 

 Eastern Atlantic specimens of Cystoseira, illustrating his com- 

 prehensive paper published in the Btdlelin de la Station hiolo- 

 gique d'Arcaclion, vol. xiv (1912). Additional specimens col- 

 lected in China and Tibet by Mr. G, Forrest have been presented 

 by the Eoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh- Mr. Herbert C. 

 Robinson has sent the collections made by him in the Malay 



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altitude of about 6500 ft. Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, who has been 

 working out certain of his Siamese plants while on a visit to Kew, 

 has continued to present specimens, and through his kind offices 

 other specimens from Siam have been received from Mrs. D. J, 

 Collins. Mr. Elmer D. Merrill has continued to send 

 the Philippine Islands, and has presented others Irom 

 China, Borneo and Hawaii. A valuable set of Javan plants col- 

 lected by Dr. S. Koorders and others has been presented by Dr. 

 J. C. Koningsberger. 



Interesting collections from the Abinsi and Mundu districts 

 of Northern Nigeria have been received from Dr. J. M. Dalziel. 

 Uganda plants from Entebbe have been received from Mr. R. 

 Fyffe, and froin Mubendi and Toro from Mr. J. D. Snowden. 

 Over 1300 specimens have been received from the vi 

 peditions made imder the auspices of the Percy Sladen Memorial 

 Trustees, including that to the Great Karasberg. 



Prof. J. N. F. Wille presented a set of plants collected in 

 Arctic America during the Fram Expedition, 1898-1902- An 

 interesting collection from Kamtschatka was presented by the 

 Imperial Botanic Garden of Peter the Great, St. Petersburg. 

 Collections made in various West Indian islands bv Dr. N. L. 



