108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Catalogues and Guides. — Progress has been made with the 

 preparation o£ the Flora of Jamaica (Vols, iv and v) by Mr. W. 

 Fawcett and Dr. Rendle ; and with the revision o£ the first volume 

 of the Monograph of British Lichens and the preparation of a guide 

 to the exhibition of British Lichens by Miss Annie Lorrain Smith. 

 Some work on the preparation of the Catalogue of the Sloane 

 Herbarium has been done by Mr. J. Britten. An account of the 

 freshwater Algas collected on the " Terra Nova " expedition has been 

 prepared by Dr. F. E. Fritsch, and of the marine Algae by Mr. Gepp. 



II. — Investigation. 



Collections have been determined wholly or in part from the 

 following localities and collectors : New Guinea (Wollaston expedi- 

 tion, Miss Gibbs), New Caledonia (Compton), Sumatra (Robinson 

 and Kloss), Uganda (Diimmer), Queensland (Miss Gibbs), and 

 various smaller collections from different localities. 



Dr. Rendle has completed his study of the Tropical Africa genera 

 and species of the family Moracefe, and Mr. W. Fawcett and Dr. 

 Rendle have continued their work on the Jamaica species of the 

 families of Dicotyledons, mainly Leguminosse. Mr. Baker ha& 

 continued his work on the Tropical African species of Indigofera and 

 has determined the Anonacese collected in Sumatra by H. 0. Forbes. 

 Mr. Willmott has continued his critical study of various European 

 genera. Mr. Gepp has investigated small collections of Ferns and 

 Algse from various localities ; and Mr. Ramsbottom has continued 

 his work on Microfungi. 



Assistance has been given to numerous British and foreign 

 workers engaged on special investigations, and many specimens and 

 small collections have been determined for students and collectors. 

 Valuable assistance has been rendered to various GoA^ernment 

 departments in response to inquiries on matters connected with the 

 war. 



In connection with work done in the Department specimens have 

 been generously lent by the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; 

 the Regius Keeper of Botany, Edinburgh ; the Bristol Museum ; 

 and the Government of Jamaica. 



Undetermined material has been lent for study and determination 

 to the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; the Regius Keeper of 

 Botany, Edinburgh ; and Mr. H. N. Dixon, Northampton. 



III. — Departmental Library. 



The arrangement, cataloguing, press-marking and other routine 

 work has been carried out. 165 volumes and 187 pamphlets were 

 acquired by donation and 71 volumes by purchase — in all 236 

 volumes and 187 pamphlets ; these numbers include 39 periodicals 

 in 192 parts presented, and 47 periodicals in 401 parts purchased — 

 in all 86 periodicals in 593 parts. 71 volumes and 30 pamphlets 



