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Liliacese (especially the genera Allium, Fritillaria, and 

 others), Juncacese, Xyridacese, and Eriocaulaceee. Some 

 time was devoted to the determination of collections made 

 in Tibet, including those of Major Younghusband, and in 

 Central China by Father Hugh Scallan. 



Work of determination and re-arrangement has been done 

 in connection with Francis Bauer's drawings of Orchids, and 

 Major-General Hardwicke's collection of drawings of Indian 

 plants. 



Ferns. — The plants of various collections have been laid 

 out and incorporated in the general series, including a collec- 

 tion from Japan (by Faurie) ; and collections from the 

 Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, California, Tahiti, China, 

 and Tibet, have been determined. The following genera have 

 been in part revised and re-arranged — Polypodiwni, Fteris, 

 and Aspleniitm (Philippine Islands species). 



Mosses. — The plants of various collections have been 

 incorporated in the general series, including Menzies' typos 

 of Polytrichacese. The genera Leucophanes, Isopterygium 

 (in part), and Ectropothecium (in part) have been revised 

 and re-arranged, and the plants collected by Mr. H. N. Ridley 

 on Christmas Island have been determined. 



Algce. — The genera Delesseria and Laminaria have been 

 revised and re-arranged ; and the plants collected by the 

 British and Scottish Antarctic Expeditions, and by Mr. Ridley 

 on Christmas Island, have been determined. 



Fungi.— Th.Q British Uredinese have been revised and 

 re-arranged according to the monographs by Plowright and 

 Klebahn, and material from numerous collections has been 

 incorporated. The North American Uredinese of Arthur and 

 Holway have been incorporated, and all outstanding material 

 has been incorporated in the genus Uromyces, and to some 

 extent in the genus Puccinia. 



Lichens. — Progress has been made in the work of labelling 

 and arranging the British Lichens. 



In the exhibition series the labels have been revised, and 

 numerous specimens inserted. Some progress has been made 

 in the representation of the Dicotyledons, and several cases, 

 including that containing the Sowerby models of Fungi, 

 have been cleaned. The pedestal cases of British Fungi have 

 been re-arranged, and the final sheets added, and progress has 

 been made in the selection of material and preparation of 

 labels for the case of British Lichens. An exhibition illus- 

 trating the History of Plant- Classification by means of 

 books and illustrations has been placed in the public gallery 

 and fine specimens of the vegetable sheep (Raoulia), from 

 New Zealand, and of Adenium, a remarkable dry-country 

 plant, from Somaliland, have been mounted and exhibited. 



Some time has been devoted to the exhibition illustratin • 

 British trees in the Central Hall. 



