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MB. J. D. SNOWDEN has presented to the Department of Botany his herbarium of 2,300 plants. During his period of service as agricultural officer in Uganda, Mr. Snowden was an enthusiastic botanical collector with great opportunities of which he made full use. His collections rank, both in number and quality, among the best from the Protectorate, and include many plants discovered by himself. The specimens presented to the Museum formed his own personal set. Some of the plants were collected in the little-known Acholi Hills in the south of the Sudan, but the great majority came from Uganda, particularly from Mount Elgon, the flora of which—like that of the other great African mountains—is of exceptional interest. As an agricultural officer, Mr. Snowden knew just what was required, and his material is accompanied by adequate notes. He paid special attention to grasses, a group in which his name is commemorated by the genus Snowdenia.
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Botany at the Natural History Museum. Nature 134, 844 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134844a0
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