74 REPORT— 1887. 



ceptions all Mr. Johnston's species, of which a complete list is given in 

 the appendix to this report, are enumerated in Sir Joseph Hooker's paper 

 on Mann's Plants of the Cameroons, published in the ' Journal of the 

 Linnean Society' in 186i. (Bot. vol. vii. p. 181.) 



A complete set of the duplicates has been deposited in the Botanical 

 Department of the British Museum, and a second set of duplicates has 

 been sent to the Royal Museum of Berlin. 



The sum of 751., granted to the Committee at Birmingham, has been 

 paid to Mr. Johnston as a contribution towards the expenses of his 

 expedition. 



The Committee ask to be reappointed, and a further sum of 100?. 

 placed at their disposal, as Mr. Johnston will in all probability be able to 

 undertake a second expedition up the Cameroons Mountain in the coarse 

 of the present autumn. 



APPENDIX. 



List of Plants from the Upper Slopes of the Cameroons received at Kew from Vice- 

 Oousul H. H. Johnston, December 1886. 



I. Phanerogams. 



Clematis simensis, Fres. 



Thalidrum rhynchocarpum, A. Rich. 



FolygaJa tenuicaulis, Hook. f. 



Silene Biafrce, Hook. f. 



Gerastiv,m africanum, Oliv. 



Eypericnm lanceolaium, Lam. 



Geranium simense, Hochst. 



„ „ var. glabrior. 



Vitis Mannii, J. G. Baker. 



Adenocarpus Mannii, Hook. f. 



Trifolium simense, Fres. 



Indigqfera atriceps. Hook. f. 



Desmodium scaljoe, DC. {D. strangulahim, Wight and Am.) 



Bithus pinnatus, Wight and Arn. 



Crassula abyssinica, A. Rich. (C. Mannii, Hook, f.) 



Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. 



Sanicula europcea, L. 



Peucedanum sp. nov. ? (material inadequate) 



Pimpinella ? ,, „ 



Caucalis melanantha, Bth. and Hook. f. (Agrocharis, Hook, f.) 



Pentas occidentalis, Bth. and Hook. f. (Vignaldia, Hook, f.) 



Biodia {D. breviseke, Benth. var. ? no fruit). 



Galium Biafrce, Hiern (G. rotundifolium. Hook. f.). 

 „ Aparine, L. var. 



Bichrocepliala clirysanihemifolia, DC. 



Anisopappus africanus, O. and H. 



Achyrocline Eochstetteri, S. Bip. 



HeUchrysum chrysocoma, S. Bip., var, angustifolium. 

 „ foetidum, Cass. var. (fl. Mannii, Hook, f.) 



„ ? sp. nov. Technical character of Gnaphalium. 



Coreopsis monticola, O. and H. (Verbesina, Hook, f.) 

 Gynura vitellina, Bth., var. gracilis. 

 Senecio Burtoni, Hook. f. 



