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and Mr. 11. Groves, 1 he latter also for Characea?). Phytogeograpby 

 was not taken espi-cially into account, as JMr. Tansley, the delegate 

 of the CambridLje I'hilosopliical tSociety, joined Section 111. As 

 to Sections IV. and V. no special steps were taken, and as their 

 meetings mostly coincided in time with those of Sections I., 11., 

 and Hi., the delegates of the Society did not take part iu their 

 deliberations. 



Dr. Stapf reported then especially on the decisions concerning 

 the nomenclature of phanerogams and vascular cryi)togam8. A 

 number of propositions of a general character, and insofar touch- 

 ing the nomenclature of phanerogams and vascular cryptogams, 

 had been submitted to the Permanent Bureau on Nomenclature, 

 but they were automatically cut out by the decision of the Bureau 

 not to reopen the discussion on poiuts decided at Vienna. Thus 

 the only serious subject to decide upon was the question whether 

 and to what extent the list of ' nomina conservanda ' was to be 

 added to. There were two lists of addenda proposed — one of 

 phanerogamic genera, the other of fern genera and fern allies. 

 The object of their promoters was to restrict as far as possible 

 the replacement of well-known and generally used names by 

 obscure ones ou the ground of the strict application of the rule of 

 priority. As iu certain cases the changes had already been made 

 since 1905 and they had found their way into floras and text- 

 books, a compromise was accepted by which those changes were 

 recognised, but further changes barred by putting a considerable 

 number of threatened genera ou the list of ' nomina conservanda.^ 

 Among the names thus saved were, for instance, Fersea and Ter- 

 miiialia, genera including a great many species, and Wehviischia 

 and Selaghiella. 



Mr. Henet Groves followed with some remarks on the question 

 of taxonomy as affecting local floras, and the fact tliat little had 

 to be altered in Characea). He also paid a wiirm tribute to the 

 masterly manner in which Dr. Briquet discharged his duties as 

 * Eapporteur gene'ral.' 



Mr. A. Gepp reported thus : — 



In contributing to tlie report ou the International Congress of 

 Botanists at Brussels, I l)eg to express my thanks to the Society 

 for the honour they conferred upon me by including me among 

 their delegates. The Congress was attended by many distin- 

 guished botanists, whom it was a pleasure to see, and whom 

 otherwise one might never come across. 



The work of the Congress covered a very wide field, but owing 

 to the thorough carefuhiess with which the matters for discussion 

 had been sifted and prepared beforehand by the permanent Com- 

 mittee, and to the diligence and determination of the honorary 

 presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries, the agenda were 

 carried through and settled point by point with business-like 

 celerity at the meetings. 



