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B. iacec ; and Boissier, of Geneva, for his * Flora Orientalis. Of - 
botanists residing in Britain, the following may be specified :—Mr. J. 
Miers, for his memoirs on Hippocratea and Lecythee ; Mr. G. Bentham, 
for his * Flora Australiensis' ; Prof. Dyer, for the ‘ Flora Indica’; Mr. 
Hiern, for his ai uis of the Ebenacee ; the Rev. R. T. Lowe, for his 
* Flora of Madeira’; Dr. F. Welwitsch, for his in vestigations into the 
Flora of tropical Africa ; the Rev. J. M. Crombie, for his work on British 
Lichens ; Mr. M. C. Cooke, for his memoirs on British Fungi; and the 
late Dr. Seemann, for his ‘ Flora Vitiensis.’ 
REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1871 OF THE HERBARIUM 
AND LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW. 
By J. D. Hooxer, C.B., M.D., F.R.S: 
About 10,000 specimens have Soen received, of which the following 
are " Wit pian Y contribut tors 
n Peninsula, and containing upwards of 4000 de This sie 
tion contains the types of the species published by Dr. Wight in his 
extensive standard works on Indian Botany, including the * Icones Plan- 
tarum Indi Orientalis? (with 2000 plates), the * Illustrations of Indian 
Botany,’ and Wight and Arnott’s * Prodromus Flore Peninsule Indie 
Orientalis,’ and, in € — the history of Southern Indian botany 
during nearly half a c tury. : 
"rope.— Denm uk "Dr Lange; Dalmatia, Mrs. W. G. Smiths 
Rhodes and the Mediterranean region, Dr. Cosson, of Paris; Ireland, 
J. Anderson and B. Leigh Smith, Esq. 
France, ete., M. Duval o Lapland, Dr. Lindberg, - egos fors. 
M. Patin, m from the garden of M. Linden, of Brussels. 
Asia. —Dr. nderson, a very complete and abs collection of 
Yarkand plants, ie first ever made in that region; W. Ferguson, Bsq: 
Ceylon Alge; British India, Dr. J. L. Ste wart; Assam, G. Mam; 
x Presidency, Major Beddome ; Sikkim Himalaya, H. J. Elwes, 
f/rica.—Marocco, the- director, J. Ball, and G. Maw; Egypt, Herb. 
Imp. Berlin, a and Capt. Hurst ; ; Algeria, Dr. Cosson ; Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk; 
South Africa, Messrs. Bolus, "Kennedy, P. MacOwan, T. Baines; Sey- 
chelles Islands and Mauritius, Col. Pike (United States Consul), Dr- p. 
P. Wright and Mr. Horne , Botanical Garden, Mauriti 
North America.— Arctic Regions, Mrs. Par ry (an iniecit collection 
made by the late Sir E, Parry) ; Greenland, North dier man Polar Ex sper 
ae : 
United States, S. F. ( e exect- 
tors of the late H. ams: d Q Wn" Pot 2 cy, " 
South America, —Guia » H. Ca ampbell ; New Granada, R. B. 
White; Argentine Republic and Ecuador Eno: ue eson; Brazil, Imp. 
Herb. Berlin, Dr. Regnell, laziou; Andes, Mr. J. Weir (a large co" 
lection of masses, purchased) ; Chili, R. Sainthill ye w. D'Urban), 
