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In the progress of incorporating these additions the fol- 

 lowing Natural Orders have been more or less completely 

 revised : AnonacecE, Malvacece, MelastomaceoB, Boragineoe, 

 Gesneracece, Myristicacece, Palmeoe, Cyperacece, Graminece 

 GoniferoB, Lycopodiacece, SelaginellacecB and Rhizocarpece. 



A collection of plants made by Mr. Alex. Whyte on Mount 

 Milanji, a high mountain to the south of Lake Nyassa, has 

 . been received and named, and the new species described. 



The large collection of sketches and water-colour drawings 

 made, at the expense of Sir Joseph Banks, by Francis Bauer 

 of plants in the Royal Gardens, Kew, has been systematically 

 arranged and mounted to secure their permanent preservation 

 and easy reference. 



In the progress of the year's work the officers of the 

 Department have been engaged as follows : — 



Mr. E. G. Baker has incorporated the Polypetalce of various 

 collections with the General Herbarium. The most important 

 of these have been the plants from the Malay Peninsula, 

 collected by Ridley ; from Australia, by Baron von Mueller ; 

 from South America, by Pearce and Morong ; from South 

 Africa, by MacOwan and Bolus ; from Spain, by Porta and 

 Rigo ; and from Dahuria by K^ro. Portions of the Her- 

 barium of Miers, Hance, and Auerswald have also been in- 

 corporated. 



The Natural Order Anonacece has been revised, and many 

 additions made to it from plants presented by Dr. King of 

 Calcutta. The Melastomacece have been partially revised 

 according to the recent monograph of Professor Cogniaux. 

 Several collections of Polyj)etalai have been incorporated 

 with the British Herbarium, and additions have been made 

 to the collection of British fruits and seeds. 



Mr. Baker has determined the PolypetalcE of the collection 

 of plants made by Whyte on Mount Milanji in tropical 

 Africa, and has described the new species. He has continued 

 his revision of the Mcdvacece, has incorporated many addi- 

 tional specimens, and described several new species. 



Mr. James Britten has revised the Natural Order Bora- 

 ginece, incorporating various collections, and naming the 

 whole in accordance with the most recent revision of the 

 Order ; he has incorporated with the Herbarium large 

 additions to the following Orders : Primulacece, Apocynece, 

 Asclepiadece, Convolvulacece, Scrophulariacece and Myris- 

 ticacecB, besides collections of plants from China, the Cape of 

 Good Hope, &c. He has determined the Monop)etalce of the 

 collection from Mount Milanji, and described the new species. 

 He has gone through the collection of prints and drawings 



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