202 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Depaetment of Botany. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



During the past year 26,925 specimens have been incor- 

 porated with the Herbarium. This number includes 18,875 

 Flowering Plants, 142 Vascular Cryptogams, 81 Mosses, 

 563 Hepatics, 752 Lichens, 87 Algae, and 6,425 Fungi. 



Flowering Plants. — Collections have been mounted and 

 incorporated wholly or in part as follows : — Various small 

 British collections from various donors, including Hieracia from 

 Rev. A Ley, Europe (Herb. Normale, Dorfler ; European Rubi, 

 Sudre), Stiria (Hayek), Sikkim (Botanic Gardens, Calcutta), 

 Mandshuria (Komarov), Japan (Takeda), Malaya (Ridley), Sudan 

 (A. F. Broun), Uganda (Scheffler), Congo Region (Kassner), 

 Cameroons (Zenker), Gazaland (Swynnerton), South Africa 

 (Dummer, Schlechter), Kentani District (Pegler), North America 

 (principally from Marcus Jones), Bolivia and Paraguay 

 (Fiebrig), Tobago (Broadway), Mexico (Purpus). Progress has 

 been made with the selection, determination, and incorporation 

 of the earl}'^ Australian collections ; and with the selection and 

 incorporation of the herbarium of the late R. P. Murray 

 (European and Canary Islands) so far as concerns the following 

 families : — Crassulacese, Caprifoliacese, Valerianacese, Dipsacese, 

 Rubiacepe, Compositse, Solanacese, Scrophulariaca^se. Various 

 collections of the families Violaceae and Sterculiacese have 

 been mounted and incorporated ; and also all unincorporated 

 extra-European named specimens of the following families : — 

 Rubiacea3, Verbenacese, Selaginese, Plantagine?e, Labiatse, 

 Caprifoliaceae, Apocynacese, Loganiacese, and Valerianacese ; and 

 the number of unincorporated Compositse has been considerably 

 reduced. Work of revision and rearrangement has been done 

 chiefly in the orders Piperaceae, Umbellifer?e, Rubiacese, 

 Graminese, and in the genus Grewia (African species). 



Ferns: — The principal additions have been made by incor- 

 poration in the family Lomarieae. Collections of ferns from 

 East Africa, Japan, and elsewhere have been determined. 



Bryophyta. — Additions have been made by incorporation of 

 portions of the Jungermanniacese and Marchantiacese from 

 Stephani's herbarium and from G. Davies's herbarium, and of 

 moss-types from W. Mitten's herbarium. Work of revision has 

 been done in several genera. Small collections, chiefly British, 

 Japanese, and West Indian, have been determined. 



Algce. — Additions have been made by incorporation of North 

 American marine Algse, and of figures and tracings in the 

 collection of Peridinese. Work of revision has been done on 

 the Udotese, the Flabellarieae, the genus Liagora ; and several 

 collections of marine Algse from the West Indies, Falkland 



