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better state, for they are neither broken nor otherwise injured, and fre- 

 quently several specimens of one species are given, and reckoned only 

 as one : it must, however, be acknowledged, that on the whole a ma- 

 jority of small-sized plants occur, and a few of the larger ones, such 

 as shrubs and trees, are cut into small pieces and occasionally divest- 

 ed of the root, probably with the view of economizing the space re- 

 quired in packing them. 



Among the greatest ornaments of the collection, the following may 

 be particularized. The two splendidly dried Utricularias — U. inflexa 

 and U. stellaris, the new and delicate Udora cordofana. The superb 

 grasses Fimbristylis hispidula, Isolepis prselongata, Cyperus aristatus, 

 squarrosus, resinosus, Lappago orientalis, seven species of Aristida, 

 Ctenium elegans, the ornamental Triachyrum cordofanum, Chloris 

 spathacea, Pennisetum lanuginosum, Panicum Petiverii. Isnardia 

 lythrarioides, Heliotropium pallens ; the magnificent Ipomoea repens, 

 a bog plant, with large rose-coloured flowers ; the small but extraor- 

 dinary Conomitra linearis, with its orbicular and long-pointed pod ; 

 the conspicuous Mollugo bellidifolia ; but above all, that rare and re- 

 markable plant the Neptunia stolonifera, whose root-stem reminds one 

 of our Phellandria, the heads of flowers of (Enanthe, while the leaves 

 and the fruit resemble those of a Mimosa; Poivrea aculeata, Guiera 

 senegalensis, six Cassias, four Bergias, the three splendid Nymphseas — 

 caerulea, Lotus and ampla ; Striga orchidea, Acanthodium hirtum, Pe- 

 dalium Caillaudii, Melhunia Kotschyi, Monsonia senegalensis, Dales- 

 champia cordofana, four Pavonias, five Hibiscus, eight Sidas ; the fine 

 Acacias — papyracea and seriocephala : altogether we have thirty-nine 

 species of Papilionacese, among which the Requienia obovata and the 

 two species of Alyssicarpus are worth noticing ; the remarkably well 

 named Euphorbias — acalyphoides, covolvuloides and polycnemoides. 



In the second place, the principal districts and localities in which 

 Dr. Th. Kotschy made his collections are to be noted. They are as 

 follow : — first in the province of Cordofan, the city Obied, with the 

 neighbouring mountain Arasch Cool, the lake Tara, and the river 

 Clioor; then the villages Abu-Gerad, Bara Chursi, Hogeli, Tejara 

 and Uagle ; then the more southerly situated town Tekele, and the 

 mountain Kohn : second, in the province Sennaar, the village Wolet 

 Medine, Gujeschab on the Nile, then the islands by the cataracts of 

 the White Nile, at the mountain Gerri. W. Pamplin, jun. 



(To 1)6 continued). 



