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tt. 2869-2871). Another may be mentoned, namely, Guildingia 
psidioides (Hooker’s Bot. Miscel., i., p. 122, t. 30), now reduced to 
Mouriria. L. Guilding was also the author of a number of 
papers on various brano es of natural history, and he had 
collected i P and made drawings with the intention of 
publishing a Fauna of St. Vincent. Indeed, from the corre- 
Bpondetios preserved at Kew, he must have made very extensive 
collections, which his widow 'subsequently broaght to London for 
disposal. His brother, in the letter referred to above, states that 
he valued his museum at £10,000. So far as we know, the whole 
of his collection of dried plants was acquired by Sir William 
Hooker, and they now form part of the Kew Herbarium. After 
the lapse of 70 years, two large volumes of his botanical drawings 
have come to light, and have been purchased from a grandson, and 
presented to Kew by the Bentham Trustees. They ead pud 
of economic plants, including a number of varieties of read- 
fruit, and are Varas pese There are also among 
ihem the original dra of vie the Botanic Garden of 
in 
St. Vincent, which served: o illastrato lindo) Guilding's guide 
to the garden 
The New Territorial ee in the Pacific.—Consequent 
on the agreement betwee = Governments of the United States 
of North America, of bun any, and of England, there are some 
important changes in the respective spheres of influence in the 
Pacific. England renounces all claims on the Samoan or 
Navigators' Islands, and, in exchange, has obtained roit 
rights over the Tonga or Sao! Islands, and two additional 
islands, Choiseul and Ysa of the Solomon grou id „Dr: F. 
Reinecke e sce Mr. WO B. Hemsley in a Flora of the 
Samoan Islands ur ict Botanische Jahrbücher, xxiii., pp. 237- 
368, and xxv., pp. 578-708), the latter being engaged on the same 
subject when the irae part of Dr. Reinecke’s work appeared. 
From comparisons made, Kew probably possesses a number 
of plants not included by Dr. Reinecke; on the other hand, 
his enumeration contains some evidently not ee in the 
Kew Erin ginn Kew collections from the Samoan group, 
were, to a large extent, made some 20 years ago by the 
Rev. Thos. Por s Shore excellent specimens are accompanied 
by copious notes. Tt is unfortunate that the general work of the 
Herbarium prevented the earlier elaboration of the results of his 
exertions. However, e are few plants peculiar to this group 
of Islands. The same may be said of the Tonga group; an 
account of the Flora of which, i Mr. W. B. Hemsley, will be 
found in the Journal of the Linnean ag Y, xxx. (1894), 
pp. 158-217. Shortly after this paper in print, Kew 
purchased a collection of plants made in ie pee of Vavau by 
C. S. Crosby, Esq. M.A., Cantab. This has been partially 
elaborated by Mr. I. H. Burkill; but — pressing work 
enumeration contains 290 species o: — | indigenous vascular 
e isl 
Mr. "Crosby ’s collection adds a dede number of species 
undoubtedly. indigenous to the Friendly Islands, and at least 
