— Tauria :—Flora almost complete, from 
the contributions of Compére, and speci- 
mens from the Herbaria of M. Bieberstein, 
Steven, &c. 
Caucasus :—very complete Flora from 
Wilhelms, Hohenacher, Hoffs, and many 
friend 
friends, 
North Persia :—many plants from Mey- 
er, ex Cauc. Casp.—Haussan, Hohena- 
cher, Gmelin, jun.—Herl, &c. 
Turcomania :—many plants from Kardin 
and some other sources. 
Altai:—the plants communicated by 
Yebler, Ledebour, Meyer, Bunge, and Fis- 
cher, make the Flora nearly complete. 
Siberia—from other parts ; most exten- 
sive collections from Tourtschaninoff, Vlad- 
zmirtsky, &c. The former communicated 
specimens of all the plants he found in his 
extensive travels. 
Kamchatka :— many plants from Dr. 
Mertens ; Kastatsky, Dr. Fischer, besides 
those from the above Herbaria, and that of 
Steven, M. Bieb., &c. 
North China, Mongolia :—the plants 
collected in the late mission to Pekin, by 
Bunge, Tourtchaninoff. 
North-West America and Aleutian Is- 
lands —very extensive collections from 
fhe Russian travellers, Dr. Mertens, Kas- 
tatsky, &c. The Flora Sitkensis from Dr. 
Mertens—communications from Douglas, 
Scouler, &c. 
Europe “—pretty complete collections; 
but as these are the least interesting, I 
shall not enumerate the different sources 
ftom which they are derived. 
| The Orient :—a very considerable col- 
lection from Aucher Eloy, gathered in 
Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Arabia ; many 
unpublished 
ien Arctic travellers, from Hooker, 
: ley, Greville, &c. Douglas' collec- 
^; complete from himself. 
i “eta ‘—from Goldie and the above. 
Tg ern States, a very complete collec- 
“+ two thousand specimens from Nutt- 
- all; colle 
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go, by Jager; Trinidad, Sieber, Hooker ; 
Cuba, Pæœppig; Martinique, Sieber. 
Caraccas :—a small but interesting set ; 
two hundred species from Sir R. Porter. 
Chili, Peru :—Poeppig's Plants; Cum- 
ing's, as published in Hooker's Bot. Misc. 
Plants from Dr. Mertens, Kastatsky, &c. 
California :—a few plants from Kuchel- 
becker. 
Brazil :—the Herbarium contains about 
five thousand species, principally collected 
by Riedel, in Langsdorff’s Expedition—by 
far the greater part undescribed. There are 
also fifteen hundred from Rio, collected by 
Lushnath, and many from other sources, as 
Mertens, Kastatsky, Hooker, Lindley, &c. 
Cape of Good Hope :—Kcklon’s collec- 
tions; two thousand species, and a good 
many from other sources—as Mertens, 
Kastatsky, Emerson, &c. 
Senegal :—Sieber’s Flora Senegalensis 
and a few from Forbes. 
Madagascar:—a very small number, 
communicated by Lindley. 
Mauritius :—Sieber's Fl. Maur., and 
some from Hooker. 
East Indies : —full three thousand spe- 
cies, communicated by Wallich (Wall. 
Cat.), a few from Wight and Arnott, and 
some from other sources. Plants from 
Manilla, Bonin, and Guakam, from Mer- 
tens and Kastatsky. : 
Islands of the South, Seas :—Otaheite, 
Owaihee, Radak, from Mertens, Kastatsky, 
and others. 
St. Petersburg, Feb. 1837. 
Alphabetical List of the places whence 
the specimens in the above Herbarium 
have been obtained. 
Aleutian Islands. Altai. America, North 
and North - West. Benin, Moe 
e of Good Hope. tarac- 
Canada. Cap lopte. ee 
