Specimens have been received from the following persons 

 and Institutions : — 



Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S. Wales ... ... 289 



Philadelphia Museum ... ... ... ... 215 



G. G-. Lloyd, Lloyd Museum, Cincinnati, U.S. 



America (Fungi) ... ... ... ... 6 



Prop. Palacky, Austro-Hungary .. ... ... 92 



Botanic Gardens, Saharunpur, India ... ... 47 



599 



Specimens of indigenous plants to the number of more 

 than 300 have been named for applicants, and I again take the 

 opportunity of saying that I shall always be pleased to name 

 any native plants that may be sent to me for that purpose, 

 provided that the specimens are sufficiently complete, and pro- 

 perly dried, directions for preparing them will be sent on ap- 

 plication, and parcels of specimens marked O.H.M.S. and 

 addressed to the Curator, Colonial Herbarium, Berea, Durban, 

 will pass free through the post, or printed direction labels will 

 be sent on application. 



In consequence of the press of other work, and of military 

 restrictions, very little collecting has been done, except in the 

 coast districts, but I hope that in the coming season that I shall 

 be able again to visit the higher parts of the Colony, obtain 

 fresh specimens for the Herbarium, and increase our stock of 

 duplicates for exchange. 



The 2nd Part of Vol. 3, " Natal Plants," was published in 

 May, and the 3rd Part of the same Vol. is now in course of 

 preparation, but it has been much interfered with by other 

 work. It will, however, be pushed on as quickly as possible. 

 It is somewhat unfortunate that so large a number of the plants 

 described and figured in this work aie coast and midland plants 

 only, but in consequence of the war this could not be avoided, 

 as it is better to figure the plants from freshly gathered speci- 

 mens than from dried ones. I hope that next spring I shall be 

 able to take in hand a larger number of upland plants, espe- 

 cially such as are of interest. 



Some time ago I commenced a List of the indigenous 

 plants of the Colony with Keys to the Orders and Genera, and 

 a somewhat rough indication of the altitude above the sea 

 where the plants were to be found. This work I had hoped to 

 have completed early in the present year, but I have been kept 

 from it by other necessary work, still I hope to complete it 

 before the issue of my next Annual Report. 



