MEMOIRS 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 
Vol. Ш. No. 3. 
On the Collections of Mr. Miguel Bang in Bolivia. 
By Henry Н, Коѕвү, 
Preliminary Remarks. 
The study of the Bolivian flora, as represented in the collections 
made by myself in the years 1885 and 1886, the enumeration of 
which is still proceeding in the pages of the BULLETIN, proved so 
interesting to Dr. Britton and myself that we became very desirous 
of having the collections continued. An opportunity to gratify 
this desire was found in 1889, when Mr. Miguel Bang consented 
to carry on the work which I had begun. Mr. Bang is the son of 
a Danish clergyman, educated in gardening at Kew, who went to 
Bolivia somewhere about the year 1883, for the purpose of collect- 
ing and sending to England living orchids. The enterprise prov- 
ing unsuccessful, Mr. Bang engaged in other pursuits in the vicinity 
of La Paz, where I met him in 1885, and formed the acquaintance 
from which the present arrangement has resulted. Since Mr. 
Bang began collecting, the work has been pushed as steadily 
as circumstances would permit. It was hoped that the proceeds 
from the sale of specimens would more than pay the expenses of 
collection, so that Mr. Bang might derive more or less profit from 
the enterprise; but unfortunately such has not been the case. In 
spite of every effort and economy, I have found it necessary to 
supply a considerable deficiency, while Mr. Bang has received 
nothing beyond his expenses. Indeed, owing to a lack of ready 
funds, it has not been possible to fully utilize the time in collect- 
ing. It is very desirable that additional subscribers for the sets 
