206 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



II. — Investigation. 



Collections have been determined either wholly or in part 

 from the following localities and collectors : — Manchuria 

 (Mrs. Stuart), Borneo (Miss Gibbs), Tropical Africa (.Bunting, 

 Gossweiler, Kassner, Talbot, and others), Upper Egypt and the 

 Soudan (Sykes and MacDougal). 



Mr. Baker has continued his critical study of the African 

 species of Crotalaria, and Mr. Wernham of several genera of 

 Rubiacese ; Mr. Fawcett and Dr. Rendle have continued their 

 work on the Jamaica species of the early families of Dicoty- 

 ledons ; and work on various families and genera has been 

 carried out by numerous British and foreign Botanists. 

 Numerous specimens and small collections have been determined 

 for students and collectors. 



In connection with work done in the Department specimens 

 have been generously lent by the Directors of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, of the Royal Botanical Museum, Berlin, and of 

 the Botanical Museum, Zurich, the Regius Keeper of Botany, 

 Edinburgh, the Government of Jamaica, Prof. Ignatius Urban, 

 and Dr. De Wildeman. 



Undetermined material has been lent for study and deter- 

 mination as follows : — Specimens of Urtica to Dr. Herman 

 Ross, of the Roj'-al Botanical Museum, Munich ; African 

 specimens of the family Euphorbiacese to the Director of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew ; specimens of the family Halorageae to 

 Dr. Anton Schindler, Posen ; West Indian specimens of 

 Vernonia to the Royal Museum, Stockholm ; specimens of 

 Mycetozoa to Miss Lister ; of Diosma to Mr. R. A. Dummer ; 

 and of Chinese Labiatae to Mr. S. T. Dunn. 



III. — Departmental Library. 



1. Arrangement — Four presses have been enlarged and the 

 additional shelving thus provided has been used to relieve other 

 overcrowded presses. The accessions to the plate collection 

 of flowering plants and ferns have been mounted and incorpo- 

 rated. A number of autograph letters and portraits have been 

 added to the collection. 



2. Cataloguing and Pressmarhing. — The usual routine 

 work of registering, stamping, cataloguing and pressmarking 

 has been carried out ; and Departmental work in connection 

 with the General Catalogue of Books has been continued. 



3. Accessions. — The additions during the past year have 

 been, by donation, 55 volumes, 167 pamphlets; by purchase 

 160 volumes, 1 pamphlet — in all, 215 volumes, 168 pamphlets. 

 These include 30 periodicals in 133 parts, presented, and 

 90 periodicals in 713 parts, purchased — in all, 120 periodicals 

 in 846 parts. 



