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the small but critical genus Kneiffia of the Onagraceae. 
Routine work has mainly consisted in completing the task 
of sorting into sets and distributing his and Dr. Rusby’s 
Colombian collections of 1917-1918. An additional duty 
has been the oversight of the Field Excursions of the Torrey 
Botanical Club, and in connection with this, the answering 
of many questions, both in the herbarium and in the field, 
concerning the local flora. 
Dr. H. H. Rusby, Honorary Curator of the Economic 
Collections, further developed the economic museum. 
(See his report.) 
Mrs. N. L. Britton, Honorary Curator of Mosses, further 
developed the moss herbarium. (See her report.) 
Dr. Arthur Hollick, Honorary Curator of Fossil Plants, 
further developed the fossil plant museum. (See his 
report. 
The writer in addition to curatorial routine and mis- 
cellaneous duties, accomplished considerable writing for 
the Journal and for Addisonia and several articles have 
already appeared in those journals. He continued his 
studies, incidentally, on plants of the southeastern states, 
particularly those of Florida and neighboring regions. 
He spent several weeks in exploration in Florida both 
in the spring and in the fall. During the spring he travelled 
several thousand miles in peninsular Florida and on the 
Florida Reef, chiefly in search of specimens of the genus 
Harrisia, primarily for elucidating our knowledge of that 
genus as it occurs on the North American mainland for 
interpolation of it in the forthcoming volume (vol. 2) of 
the Cactaceae. In the fall, accompanied by yourself and 
by Mrs. Britton, special and general problems were investi- 
gated, both on the peninsula and on the reef. The main 
results of both these excursions have been embodied in 
papers which will appear in future issues of the Journal. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Joun K. Smatt, 
Head Curator of the Museums and Herbarium 
