KOMAROVIA (2010) 7(1–2): 69–88 Saint-Petersburg — Moscow 69                      !"  #$! %%&&&% !" ’!! Hugh Cuming’s collection of flowering plants kept in the Moscow University Herbarium (MW) was studied. It contains 420 type specimens (271 isotypes, 5 possible isotypes, 22 isolectotypes, 1 isoneotype, 5 paratypes, 96 syntypes, 3 possible syntypes, 4 types of unknown status, 9 possible types, 1 authentic specimen, and 3 possible authentic specimens), 403 non-type specimens and 106 specimens of unknown status. A list of 395 taxa based upon Cuming’s collections in MW is given. Key words: Cuming, Malesia, Moscow University Herbarium, Philippines, type specimens.  !" The Herbarium of the Moscow State University (MW) is the second largest herbarium in Russia after the Komarov Botanical Institute in St. Petersburg (LE). It holds 907.850 specimens (1 February 2010) collected worldwide but with the strong emphasis on the flora of European Russia. This Herbarium is older than the other Russian botanical institutions with herbarium collections, and therefore several important historic collections are preserved here. These are the personal herbaria of Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Johann Reinhold and George Forsters (Balandin 2002, 2003, 2006). A small set of original specimens from Carl Linnaeus’ collection contains some unique material (Sokoloff et al. 2002). It is a common practice in all Russian Herbaria including MW to separate type specimens from the body of collections for the sake of careful handling and safe preservation. A complete catalogue of type specimens (Gubanov 2002) and a detailed collections’ guide (Balandin 2006) were published recently. Unfortunately, these sources have no information on Cuming’s specimens preserved in MW. This contribution reflects an outstanding value of the rediscovered SE Asian Cuming’s collection, which is especially rich in types. Hugh Cuming, Esq. (14 February 1791 – 10 August 1865) is a well-known British merchant, naturalist, and collector. His passion and professional field was malacology, although he made extensive collections of diverse plant and animal groups. At his own