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group, hitherto undetermined, have been sorted and incor- 

 porated. The Orchids collected by Scott Elliot on his 

 Ruwenzori Expedition have been worked out, and the results 

 published in the Journal of Botany, in connection with 

 large additions from King (Calcutta) and Ridley (Singapore) 

 the Indian and Malayan Palms have been revised, and to a 

 great extent also the Orchids. Several South African genera 

 of the latter Order have been re-arranged in connection 

 with work done by R. Schlechter. Some time has been 

 devoted to the grasses of the tribe Fanicece, and the large 

 genera Paspalum and Panicum have been completely 

 re-arranged and the material worked up as far as possible. 

 New and doubtful species of Convolvulacew (chiefly Ijyomaea) 

 from Gregory and other African collectors were worked up, 

 and the results published. Donaldson Smithes Somaliland 

 plants have also been in part worked out. In connection with 

 the British Herbarium a selection has been made from the 

 Monocotyledons of various collections and the additions 

 incorporated. 



Mr. Gepp has during the year 1895 continued the revision of 

 the Moss-Flora of the West Indies, and in connection with it has 

 revised the genera, Caly'mperes,Syrrho2yodon, Macromitriuni, 

 Schlotheimia, Raphidostegium and Isopterygium. He 

 edited for publication the unfinished manuscript of Spruce's 

 " Hepaticoi Elliottianw," in connection with which he revised 

 the genera Metzgeria and Microlejeunea, and published some 

 additional nottss thereon. He has named collections of 

 Cryptogams from India and East Tropical Africa, and the 

 fossil plant-remains in some peat from the South Coast. 

 Among other genera revised were Ptychomitriurn, Orthodon, 

 Meteorium, Papillaria, Neckera, Semato'phyllum. Con- 

 siderable progress has been made in the preparation and 

 arrangement of the exotic Lichens, and 4,000 specimens 

 have been mounted and incorporated in the collection. Of 

 Muscineoi 1,000 specimens have been mounted and incor- 

 porated. 



The Keeper of the Department has continued to take 

 charge of the collections of Alga3 and Fungi and has incor- 

 porated considerable additions to both groups and revised a 

 number of genera. 



In addition to the voluntary assistance constantly given by 

 competent botanists engaged in research in the Herbarium, 

 the Department has to acknowledge special voluntary work 

 on the part of Miss A. L. Smith and Miss E. S. Barton, who 

 have freely given their services as expert botanists in naming 

 large series of Fungi and Algae. 



Progress has been made by Mr. Barber in the illus- 

 tration of plant morphology in the Central Hall, and the 

 exhibition of British Fungi has been greatly advanced. 



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