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Asia. 



Li. F. G. Aldous, 54 Phanerogams from Syria ; Prof. L. H. 

 Bailey, 3 species of Chinese grasses ; Miss G. E. Benham, 125 

 specimens from Kashmir, India • The Director, Botanic Gardens, 

 Brisbane, 47 species of Papuan Rubiacese and 30 specimens of 

 Papuan Acanthacese ; Rev. Preb. H. E. Fox, 719 Phanerogams and 

 47 Cryptogams from Japan ; C. Boden Kloss, Esq., 257 Phanero- 

 gams and 4 Cryptogams from South Annam ; C. C. Lacaita, Esq., 

 661 Phanerogams and 276 Ferns from Sikkim, India ; Lt. P. 

 Stammwitz, 56 Phanerogams from Sinai Desert ; Lt.-Col. M. F. 

 White, I.M.S., 137 specimens from Palestine ; H. Whitehead, Esq., 

 14 Phanerogams from Mesopotamia. 



Africa. 



G. L. Bates, Esq., 253 Phanerogams from Bitye, Cameroons ; 

 R. A. Dummer, Esq., 114 Phanerogams and 77 Cryptogams from 

 Uganda ; F. Eyles, Esq., 364 Phanerogams and 55 Cryptogams 

 from Rhodesia ; Capt. H. Lynes, R.N., 79 Specimens from Azrou, 

 Middle Atlrs ; Ven. Archdeacon Rogers, 72 Phanerogams from 

 Tropical an^ South Africa ; Mrs. C. Shinn, 72 Phanerogams from 

 Nyasaland. 



^ istralasia. 

 , H. N. Dixon, Esq., Sample of Diatomaceous earth from New 

 Zealand and one Lichen from Fiji ; Mrs. Alfred Fowler, small 

 collection of Hawaiian Ferns ; Miss L. S. Gibbs, 137 Phanerogams 

 and 7 Cryptogams from Tasmania. 



America. 



Mrs. B.endix Koppel, G Volumes of A. Lindig's New Granada 

 Ferns and 1 Volume of Mosses ; Capt. P. R. Lowe, 1 Volume of 

 Dominica Ferns; Rev. E. S. Marshall, 109 Phanerogams and 6 

 Cryptogams from Quebec Province, Canada, collected by Brother 

 Victorin ; Rev. A. Miles Moss, 35 Phanerogams from Para, Brazil ; 

 A. E. Persand, Esq., 13 Fungi and 1 Lichen from Demerara ; and 

 single specimens from Miss M. Xavier de Bibadh Kosha and M. L. 

 Fernald. 



Cultivated Plants. 



E. A. Bowles, Esq., 1 4 species of Galanthus and 1 Crocus ; Hon. 

 N. C. Rothschild, 3 species of Orchids and 78 species and varieties 

 of Iris ; Douglas Robertson, Esq., Fasciated inflorescence of Lilium 

 If enrt/i with, photos. 



General. 



Lady Barkly, 4,100 Ferns, Foreign and British ; Miss 

 Biddulph, 2 specimens of double Coconut ; E. B. Evans, Esq., 

 3 sections of stem of Chestnut (showing wound healing) ; Prof. A. 

 Henry, 9 species of Platanus ; H. W. Archer Kilgour, Esq., 2 

 pieces of petrified Conifer wood and photos ; Major C. F. Krabbe 

 Stem bearing "Wooden Roses" from Brazil ; the late Prof. G. S. 



