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128 "OBITUARY NOTICE OF DR. HANNINGTON. 
J. G. Baker then orally gave the gist of a communication 
Mr. 
‘©On a Collection of Ferns made in North Borneo by the Bishop 
of Singapore and Sarawak.” 
OBITUARY. 
We fear that the accuracy "3 the report of the murder of the 
Rey. James Hannineron, D.D., F.L.8., Bishop of East Equatorial 
: ica, can no longer be Actin, By his death we have lost an 
enthusiastic botanist, who was well acquainted with the flora of 
his native country, cee ia. as far as his limited opportunities 
permitted, contributed t r knowledge of the flora of Tropical 
Africa. In 1882 he ty a mission party across the Continent, and 
though he reached Lake Victoria Nyanza, he had suffered so much 
reluctantly compelled to retrace his steps to the coast and return 
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to England. He brought with him a small pat abr of plants, — 
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in connection with two of them his name will remain associated 
restored that his medical advisers assured him that he might return 
ce) ica without any special anxiety as to the climate. He was 
consecrated a Bishop of the Church of England, and shortly after- 
wards he returned to Africa, ae on his way Palestine or 
plants. He sent home a small collection of aosses which are in 
the hands of his friend Mr. Mitten to work o In his expedition 
to Kilimanjaro he collected some plants, which ‘the rain afterwards 
soaked and destroyed. He was delighted to meet on the moun 
with Sibthorpia europea and Arthraabion ebracteatum. He deter- 
mined that there were certainly two entirely distinct species of 
Hydnora in the district in which he travelled; perhaps greet e and 
other plants ~_ yet _ Englan, ore He resolved to visit the 
aes the King in his = and the missionaries failed to 
convince him to the contrary. The King sent messengers to arrest 
the bishop ; and after — asthma a prisoner for eight — he 
y order of Mwanga, murdered on October 30th, w 
wort party, except hae . = porters, who have since easlied 
Mombasa and co: ed sad story. W. CarruTHERs. 
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