178 ACCOUNTS, ETC. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Further Studies in the Uredinere. By Mr. Blackman and 

 Miss H. Fraser. (Annals of Botany.) 



On the Sexuality and Development of the Ascocarp of 

 Humaria granulata Quel, By Mr. Blackman and Miss H. 

 Fraser. (Proc. Roy. Soc.) 



Fungi new to Britain. By Miss A. Lorrain Smith (with 

 Mr. Garleton Rea). (Trans. Brit. Mycolog. Soc.) 



III. — Exchanges of Duplicates. 



Exchanges have been effected with the Royal Botanic 

 Museum, Berlin, the Hofmuseum, Vienna, the Botanic 

 Museum, Zurich, the Botanic Garden of the Royal Academy of 

 Science, Stockholm, the Bureau of Government Laboratories, 

 Manila, the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Mr. T. W. Naylor 

 Beckett, Dr. C. A. M. Lindman, and Dr. R. Schlechter. 



IV. — Loan of Si^ecimens. 



Specimens, mainly undetermined, have been lent as 

 follows : — 35 specimens of Nepenthes to Professor John 

 Macfarlane, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., ; 11 speci- 

 mens of Bambusese to Sir Dietrich Brandis, working at the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew; 9 specimens of Calceolaria to Dr. 

 F. Kriinzlin, Berlin ; 30 specimens of Malayan Impatiens to 

 Sir Joseph Hooker. 



In every case the specimens have been returned in good 

 condition, accompanied by determinations and valuable notes. 



V. — Departmental Library. 



The additions during the past year have been, by donation, 

 30 volumes, 86 pamphlets ; by purchase, 117 volumes, 2 

 pamphlets, in all 147 volumes, 88 pamphlets. These include 

 23 periodicals, in 141 parts, presented, and 76 periodicals, in 

 168 parts, purchased, in all 99 periodicals in 759 parts. 83 

 volumes have been bound. Progress has been made with 

 the classification and arrangement for binding of the large 

 collection of notes and drawings by R. A. Salisbury. 



VI. — Acquisitions. 



The following additions have been made to the collections 

 by presentation : — 



170 Phanerogams and 80 Cryptogams from Malaya, from 

 H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 48 Phanerogams from the Shan States, 

 from Major C. H. Melville ; 4 Phanerogams from India, from 

 Dr. T. Cooke ; 45 Phanerogams and 20 Cryptogams from Hong- 

 kong, from S. T. Dunn, Esq. ; 188 Phanerogams from Eastern 

 Mongolia, from C. W. Campbell, Esq. ; 1,954 Phanerogams 

 and 136 Cryptogams from Western China, collected by E. H. 

 Wilson, from Messrs. Veitch ; 69 Phanerogams from Rhodesia, 



