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phanerogams was continued by E. P. Killip and E. H. Walker, 18,768 

 types of new species and varieties having now been labeled, cataloged, 

 and placed in heavy individual covers. Also 4,225 photographs of 

 type specimens of American plants in other herbaria (chiefly Euro- 

 pean) were mounted separately on herbarium sheets for distribution 

 into the herbarium. As in previous years, E. C. Leonard, in addition 

 to his ordinary duties, regularly devoted some time to the moss collec- 

 tion, and recently began similar curatorial work on the Hepaticae, 

 of which a large number await incorporation in the herbarium. 



The C. G. Lloyd mycological collection has been maintained in 

 accordance with the terms of agreement under which it was deposited. 

 There is great need of a comprehensive index of Mr. Lloyd's mycologi- 

 cal writings, wliich consist to a great extent of scattered notes, the 

 indexes to the separate volumes into which his writings were collected 

 being neither complete nor uniform in style. Manuscript of a 

 detailed index to the seven volumes was therefore prepared during 

 the year and will be issued shortly by the Lloyd Library at Cincinnati. 

 As a further step in clarifying and rounding out Mr. Lloyd's myco- 

 logical work, a complete list of his new fungus species and new com- 

 binations, totaling about 1,500, is being made. This will include for 

 each species (1) citation of place of publication; (2) other references 

 in the literature by Lloyd and other mycologists, with comment; 

 (3) citation of type and other specimens, with accompanying data. 

 Tliis work, to be ready shortly, will also be published by the Lloyd 

 Library. 



During the year 22,290 specimens were mounted by adhesive 

 straps, all but 6,100 of these by contract; 3,412 specimens were 

 glued (by contract); and 28,428 fully prepared specimens were 

 turned out, all of which were stamped and recorded and are now 

 ready for incorporation in the herbarium. Of material intended for 

 the herbarium, there are on hand more than 20,000 specimens that 

 are wholly unmounted; also 2,500 that have been glued but not 

 stamped. 



RESEARCH BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF 



The research of G. S. Miller, Jr., curator of mammals, was on the 

 primates. The large collection of gibbons (mostly brought together 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott) was reexamined and reidentified in the light 

 of recent studies by Pocock and Kloss; and a special study of the 

 remarkable color variation was made. A short note on the classi- 

 fication of the gibbons was published. The opportunity to examine 

 a fresh gorilla's foot, afforded by the death of a young mountain 

 gorilla in the Zoological Park, furnished the stimulus to a new study 

 of the problem of the origin of the human foot (whether or not from 

 a mechanical type like that found in the great apes). Dr. Remington 

 Kellogg reexamined and identified the hair seals in the Museum col- 



