200 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE. RRITISK MUSEUM. 



in the genera Udotea, Codium, CallophylUs, Fucus and 

 Sargassu'in. The collection of microscopic slides has been 

 rearranged owing to the accession of some new cabinets. 



Fungi. — The general collection has been brought up to date 

 and all outstanding specimens incorporated in the groups 

 Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes ; and progress has been 

 made with the incorporation of the Uredinese. Some British 

 specimens collected during the year have been determined and 

 incorporated. 



Exhibition Series. — Various specimens have been added 

 to the general series in the Public Gallery, and work has been 

 commenced preparatory to the rearrangement of the exhibition 

 of Algse. Progress has been made with the exhibition of a 

 series of British Lichens, and with the selection and preparation 

 of specimens and drawings for exhibitions of British Seaweeds 

 and British Hepatics. The exhibition in the Central Hall 

 illustrating the general characters of Seed-plants has been 

 completed ; and work is in progress on the exhibition of 

 Cryptogams. A representation of Bible-plants has been pre- 

 pared in connection with the exhibition illustrating the Natural 

 History of the Bible. 



Catalogues and Guides. — The second edition of the Mono- 

 graph of the Mycetozoa by Miss Gulielma Lister has been 

 completed and published ; and progress has been made with the 

 preparation of the continuation of the Flora of Jamaica by 

 Mr. Fawcett and Dr. Rendle, and with the revision of the first 

 volume of the Catalogue of British Lichens by Miss Annie 

 Lorrain Smith. A Guide to the Bible-plants exhibited in the 

 Hall has been prepared, and progress has been made with the 

 preparation of a Guide to the exhibition of British Lichens, 



II. — Investigation. 



Collections have been determined either wholly or in part 

 from the following localities and collectors : — Gazaland (Swyn- 

 nerton), Nigeria, North Cameroons and Lake Chad district 

 (Talbot, MacLeod, Kitson), Liberia (Bunting), Angola (Goss- 

 weiler), Rhodesia and Congo (Kassner), Libyan Desert (Harding 

 King). 



Work of investigation has been carried on on the African 

 species of Crotalaria and Indigofera by Mr. Baker, on several 

 genera of Rubiacese b}^ Mr. Wernham, on the Jamaican species 

 of several families of apetalous Dicotyledons by Mr. Fawcett 

 and Dr. Rendle, on various genera of Alga3 by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Gepp, and on the British Lichens by Miss A. Lorrain Smith ; on 

 numerous genera of Californian plants bj^ Miss A. Eastwood (of 

 California), on American Mosses by Mrs. E. G. Britton, and on 

 various other families and genera by numerous British and 

 foreign Botanists. Also on various genera of the British Flora, 

 especially Polygonum, Rumex, Chenopodium, Atriplex, 

 Salsola, Plantago and Rosa by various workers at British 



