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AusrraLasia. Presented :—Western Avairalias by Capt. A. 
Dorrien Smith ; Queensland Marine Algae, by r. F. M. Bailey ; 
New Zealand, by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman and M L. Cockayne. 
TropicaL Arrica. Presented: es Nigeria, by Mr. 
B. E. B. Shaw ; Sudan, by Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Broun; Abyssinia 
and Somaliland, by Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman ; British East 
fueled by Mr. E. Battiscombe ; Uganda, by Mr. M. T. Dawe and 
r. R. Fyffe; the Roosevelt Eeeetone, through Mr. Gerrit S. 
Miller Swaziland, by Miss M. M. Stewart ; Rhodesia, by Mrs. W. 
Craster ; Loranthaceae, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Berlin. 
Purchased :— essmann, Spanish Guinea G. Zenker, 
Cameroons; G. Schefiler, British East Africa ; ie F. A. Rogers, 
North-West Rhodesia ; K. Dinter, German South-West “Afrion. 
Sournh Arrica. Presented :—Namaqualand, by the Percy 
Sladen Trustees, through Prof. H. H. W. Pearson; various localities, 
by Dr. R. Schlechter, Dr. Hans Schinz, Dr. S. Schonland, 
My. E. E. Galpin and Mr. E. P. Phillips. 
Purchased :—Miss Alice Pegler, Kentani ; W. Tyson, “ Marine 
Algae,” fase. 1-2. 
Norra America. Presented :—British Columbi ia, by Miss 
KE. M. Warren; United States, by the Smithsonian Institution, 
Weshingion and ie, Field Museum, Chicago. 
Pure :—E. Palmer, issourl Uratce: gi; Miss Alice 
ra Slesag “dani as California ; A. H. Brinkman, Canadian 
mosses ; BF, S. Collins, “ Phyestheos Boreali-Americana ” fasc. 33. 
Mexico. Purchased :—C. R. Orcutt. 
West Inpries. Presented :—Bahamas and Jamaica, by the 
New York Botanical Gardens 
Purchased :—H. Tiirckheim, San Domingo. 
ouTH AMERICA. Presented :—British Guiana, by Prof. J. b. 
Harrison, C.M.G.; South Brazil and Chile, Mr. G. M. Hall. 
Purchased :—Dr. E. Hassler and K. Fiebri rig, Paraguay. 
Sir G. Watt has presented the original drawings, as well as 
many specimens of Gossypium, used in the preparation of his book 
on * The wild ad cultivated “Cotton Plants of the World.” An 
mmond and Mr. J. F. unis have been named by 
Monsieur G. “Bonati who is ‘intent a special study of the genus. 
Mr. J. F. Lace’s collection is represented by nearly a thousand 
poate Dr. A. F. G. Kerr has continued sending plants from 
iengmai in Siam, and also one set collected during an expedition 
to Muang Phre, south-east of Chiengmai. Amongst the plants sent 
from the PP Lippe Islands by Mr. E. D. Merrill are some orchids 
named by Mr. Oakes Ames. Mr. T. F. Cheeseman has pres esented 
some of the specimens used i in the preparation of his “ Illustrations 
of the New Zealand Flora.” An interesting collection, contain- 
en PE oa is from South Chile, has been Pest! by 
