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APPENDIX. 
DESCRIPTION AND SKETCHES ON BOTANICAL 
SUBJECTS. 
Among the party who accompanied Major 
Peddie in the mission into the interior of Africa, 
was Mr. Kummer, who was charged to make 
collections in every department of natural his- 
tory, with drawings and descriptions of what- 
ever was most interesting in that line, as well as 
to keep a regular journal of general observations 
and events. 
Many sketches of animals and plants, and se- 
veral notes were made ; but these are of such a 
nature as to require an examination of the spe- 
cimens from which they were taken, before they 
can be valuable to a naturalist who is not pre- 
viously acquainted with the subjects themselves. 
Unfortunately the individual articles were lost. 
From the drawings, however, and descriptions, 
such as they are, we have selected four of the 
most perfect, which relate to as many plants, and 
which do not appear to us to have been noticed 
by former naturalists. In doing this however, we 
cannot help regretting the extremely imperfect 
state of the materials. Had all the collections of 
Mr. Kummer been saved, they might have 
formed a most important addition to our present 
