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In connexion with the botanical collections made by Mr. Antwerp 
E. Pratt, in Western China and Eastern Thibet, at elevations of 9,000 
to 13,500 feet, the Principal Assistant in the Herbarium, Mr. Hemsley, 
-R.S., has visited Paris, in order to study the novelties collected by 
Prince Henry of Orleans, and published by Professor Bureau and 
Mr. Franchet. A considerable number of Mr. Pratt’s plants proved to. 
be the same, yet the number of different species was even larger. These 
Two collections of dried Bornean plants have been received from 
Dr.. Haviland, Curator of the Museum at Sarawak, each of about 400 
species. The first has been partly worked out by Dr. Stapf the 
Assistant for India, and has proved rich in novelties, especially in 
Melastomacee, of which there are two or three new genera, and at least a 
scor ew species. Among the latter are two species of the singular 
polyandrous genus Plethiandra, Hook. f., previously only known from 
a very imperfect specimen collected by Motley. There is also a new 
genus of the Araliacee, with a calyptrate calyx, and half a dozen 
Begonias. 
Dr. Glaziou has presented a further instalment of his enormous 
Brazilian herbarium, containing about 700 species, 
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woody spines 7 or 8 inches long; and there are many undescribed 
plants in this collection. 
The Keeper of the Herbarium, Mr. Baker, has lately proceeded to 
the Riviera to examine the fine collections of Yucca, Aloe, Agave, 
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made a special study of this class of plants, and his visit has proved ve 
instructive. А detailed report of the results will appear in a future 
number of the Bulletin. 
An interesting series of apparatus and implements connected with the 
Gambier industry ( Uncaria Gambier, Roxb.) of the Straits Settlements 
Mr. H 
Gardens and Forest Department, Singapore. It includes a model of 
a gaa factory, with the following implements used in the cultivation 
A knife for cutting the Gambier plant in the field. A chopper for 
hopping up leaves and twigs before putting them into the boiler. 
rk made of the wood of the “Tampenis” (Sloetia sideroxylon) 
for stirring the Gambier leaves in the boiling pan. А basket for 
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