210 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Botanv^. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



During the past year 32,02,5 specimens have been incor- 

 porated with the Herbarium. This number includes 27,200 

 Flowering Plants, 1,735 Vascular Cryptogams, 48 Mosses, 

 23 Hepatics, ],193 Lichens, 1,354 Algae, and 472 Fungi. 



Flowering Plants. — Additions acquired during the year by 

 donation, purchase and exchange, have been mounted and 

 incorporated wholly or in part. Progress has been made with 

 the determination, selection, and incorporation of the early 

 Australian and other collections, and outstanding specimens 

 have been determined and incorporated in various families^ 

 especially Melastomacese, Samydacese, Combretacese, Umbelli- 

 ferse, Vacciniacese, Convolvulacese, Boraginacese, Solanacese, 

 Scrophulariacese, Bignoniaceae, Verbenacece, Labiatse, Planta- 

 ginaceae, and Lauracere. 



Work of revision and re-arrangement has been done in 

 various families especially Melastomacea3, Vacciniaceae, Gentian- 

 aceae, and in several genera, especially Oxalis, Crotalaria, and 

 Veronica. 



The separation, revision, and i-e-arrangement of the European 

 specimens, and the incorporation of outstanding material, has 

 been continued to the end of the family Compositae. 



Ferns and Mosses. — The selection and incorporation of out- 

 standing collections of Ferns has been continued, and various 

 collections from Madeira have been determined and selected. 

 Progress has been made with the incorporation of various 

 collections of Indian Mosses. 



Algce. — Various published sets have been incorporated and 

 progress has been made with the re-arrangement of the Florideae, 

 including the incorporation of outstanding material. 



Fungi and Lichens. — In the general collection all out- 

 standing specimens have been incorporated in the Phycomy- 

 cetes, and to a great extent also in the Pyrenomycetes. The 

 Polyporaceae have been re- arranged. All outstanding British 

 specimens have been incorporated, and the Discomycetes have 

 been revised. Progress has been made with the revision and 

 incorporation of the British Lichens. 



Mycetozoa. — With the assistance of Miss G. Lister, various 

 new collections have been prepared for incorporation. 



Exhibition Series. — The revision of the large exhibition 

 cases in the Public Gallery has been continued ; several cases 

 have been cleaned and repainted, the specimens cleaned or 

 replaced and the labels revised ; various additions have also 

 been made. Progress has been made with the preparation of 

 specimens for a re-arrangement of the portion illustrating the 

 Algae, and with the exhibition of the British Seaweeds. In the 

 Index Museum in the Central Hall the exhibition of Mosses and 



