PREFACE, 



Gilbert Carter, K.C.M.G., late Governor of Lagos, into the 

 interior. (Kew Bulletin, 1893, pp. 14G and 3G9.) 



H. Yeitch, F.L.S. Collection made by Kalbreyer in the 

 region of the Niger Delta and Cameroons. 



2. North Central. 



The material still remains extremely scanty, and nothing of 

 importance has been added. 



-3. Nile Land. 



Mons. W. Barbey. Dr. G. Schweinfurth's collections from 

 Eritrea. 



Miss Edith Cole and Mrs. Lort Phillips. A collection from 

 Somaliland. (See Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 158 and 211-230.) 



G. F, Scott-Elliot. A large collection from British East 

 Africa made during the Ruwenzori Expedition, 1893-4. (See 

 Kew Bulletin, 1895, pp. 77-78.) 



Professor A. Engler has communicated the plants of 

 Steudner from Abyssinia and of Stuhlmann from Ruwenzori. 



Dr. J. M. Hildebrandt. Collection from British East 

 Africa. (Died 1881.) 



Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B. Collections made during the 

 Kilimanjaro Expedition. (See Transactions Linnean Society, 

 Second Series, Botany, vol. ii. pp. 327-355.) 



Dr. G. Schweinfurth. Collections from the upper tribu- 

 taries of the Nile. 



Rev. T. Wakefield. A collection from British East Africa, 

 chiefly near Mombasa. 



Rev. C. T. Wilson. A collection from Uganda and XJnyoro. 



4. Lower Guinea. 



G. L. Bates. Plants from Gaboon. 



Professor J. A. Henriqaes, University of Coimbra. Col- 

 lections from Island of St. Thomas, collected by E. Quintas and 

 A. MoUer. 



Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B. A collection from Angola. 



J. J. Monteiro. Plants from Angola. (Died 1878.) 



Professor Hans Schinz. Plants from German South- West 

 Africa. 



H. Soyaux. Plants from Gaboon and Loango. 



5. South Central. 



The vegetation of this region, which includes the Congo 

 Free State, is, although undoubtedly very rich, almost entirely 

 unknown. Professor Engler has communicated plants collected 

 by Buchner, Biittner, and Pogge. A part of Dr. G. Schwein- 

 furth's collections (from the Monbuttu country) also belong to it. 



Professor Oliver states in his preface that Sir John Kirk's 

 collections on the Upper Zambesi had been lost. They were 



