DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 211 



Liverworts has been completed and progress made with the 

 preparation for the exhibition of Algte. A scheme has been 

 prepared for the Botanical portion of the new General Exhibi- 

 tion to be placed in the Hall. 



Catalogues and Guides.— A. second part of the Flora of 

 Jamaica by Mr. W. Fawcett and Dr. Rendle has been pub- 

 lished, and progress has been made with the preparation of the 

 text and illustrations for a third part. Progress has been made 

 with the preparation of the Catalogue of the Sloane Herbarium 

 by Mr. J. Britten, and with the revision of the first volume of 

 the Catalogue of British Lichens and the preparation of a 

 guide to the exhibition of British Lichens by Miss Annie 

 Lorrain Smith. 



IL — Investigation. 



Collections have been determined wholly or in part 

 from the following localities and collectors : — New Guinea 

 (Wollaston expedition), Angola (Gossweiler), South Nigeria 

 (Amaury Talbot), Uganda (Diimmer), Soudan TLynes), Chile 

 (Calvert), New Caledonia (^Compton), and various smaller 

 collections from different localities. 



Dr. Rendle has devoted some time to the study of the 

 Tropical African species of the family Moraceee, and Mr, W. 

 Fawcett and Dr. Kendle have continued their work on the 

 Jamaica species of the families of Dicotyledons. Mr. Baker 

 has studied monographically the genera Navoleona, Indigofera 

 (Tropical African species), and Flantago (British species). Dr. 

 Wernham has continued his work on various genera of the 

 family Rubiacese, and Mr. Wilmott has made a critical study 

 of various European genera and species. Mr. Gepp has 

 investigated small collections of Algae from the Antarctic and 

 South Georgia ; and Mr. Ramsbottom has described a number 

 of new British Microfungi contained in the collections or sent 

 by correspondents for investigation ; he has also, by permission, 

 investigated for the Local Government Board the relation 

 between Miicor racemosus and Empusa Muscoe. 



Assistance has been given to numerous British and foreign 

 workers engaged on special investigations, and many specimens 

 and small collections have been determined for collectors and 

 students. 



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 ; the Government of Jamaica ; and the 

 Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Museum, Berlin. 



Undetermined material has been lent for study and deter- 

 mination as follows : — 3 specimens of H. 0. Forbes's New 

 Guinea plants to Mr. H. N. Ridley ; 1 specimen of Oxalis from 

 Brazil to the Director of the Botanical Department, Riksmus- 

 eets, Stockholm ; 2 specimens of Xyris from Australia to 

 Dr. G. Malme, Stockholm; 77 Indian specimens to Mr. S. T. 



0.69 p 



