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Department of Botany. 



During the year, 42,646 specimens have been mounted, named, 

 and inserted in their places in the Herbarium. These have 

 consisted principally of plants from Greece, collected by Hel- 

 dreich ; from the Caucasus, by Brotherus ; from Syria, by Post ; 

 from India, by Beddome ; from Penang, by Curtis ; from 

 Malaya, by King ; from China, by Hance ; from Japan, by 

 Maximowicz ; from Natal, by Clarke ; from Madagascar, by 

 Scott Elliot ; from Canada, by Macoun ; from Mexico, by 

 Pringle ; from British Guiana, by Jenman ; from South America 

 by Miers and Pearce ; from Fernando de Noronha, by Ridley ; 

 and from the Sandwich Island, by Hillebrand. 



In the progress of incorporating these additions, the follow- 

 ing Natural Orders have been more or less completely re- 

 arranged : — MalvacecB, LeguniinoscE, Valerianacece, Aristo- 

 lochiacece, Di^^sacem, Apocynacece, Acanthaceca, -Chenopo- 

 diacece, Juncacece, Cyperacew and Graminece. 



A considerable portion of the Fungi has been arranged and 

 named according to Saccardo's " Sylloge Fungorum," and 

 numerous specimens of Algse, Mosses, and Lichens, have been 

 incorporated with the Herbarium. 



The revision of the specimens and illustrations of the 

 Natural Orders of Plants in the Public Gallery has been con- 

 tinued, and a complete series of the British Mosses, with 

 coloured drawings of the Genera, has been added to the ex- 

 hibited collection of British Plants. 



In the progess of the year's work the officers of the Depart- 

 ment have been engaged as follows : — 



Mr. E. G. Baker has incorporated with the Herbarium the 

 Polypetalous plants of Pearce's South American collections, 

 of Macoun's Canada collections, of Clarke's Natal collec- 

 tions, of Jenman's British Guiana collections, of Pringle's 

 Mexican collections, of Curtis's Penang collections, of King's 

 Malayan collections, and Hillebrand's Sa'ndwich Island collec- 

 tions, together with portions of the Herbaria of Beddome, 

 Hance, and Miers. The Polypetalous plants brought from the 

 High Andes by Mr. E. Whymper, were named, and a new 

 species of Helosis described. Mr. Baker and Mr. A. B. Rendle 

 have revised and re-arranged the series in the Public Gallery 

 illustrating the Orders of Plants. The whole of the Thala- 

 mijlorce, the Ccdycijiorw, as far as the Gucurhitaceoi, and a 

 portion of the Ai^etalca have been dealt with. 



Mr. James Britten has incorporated the Apocynece from 

 various collections, including those of the Herbaria of Hance and 

 Miers, naming the latter in accordance with Miers' Monograph 

 of the Order. The Orders Valerianace<je, Aristolochiacece and 

 Di'psacecB have been re-arranged, and various collections have 

 been added; and a large iium.hevoiAGanthaceai,Chenop>odiaceai, 

 and Euphorhiacece have been identified and incorporated. 

 The Compositce of the collections of Beddome, Hance, Hooker 



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