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Carices Exsiccatse (Fascicles xii-xiiA.) and Gramineae 

 Exsiccatse (Fascicles xvii, xviii) from Kneucker- 25 British 

 Hieracia (Fascicle vii.), from Kev. W. R. Linton. 



125 Cryptogams of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 

 from Migula ; 160 Muscineae of Cardiganshire, from Painter ; 

 50 Mosses of the Malay Archipelago, from Fleischer ; 200 

 European Hepaticse, from Schiifner; 58 Mosses and 136 

 Fungi of Brazil, from Ule ; 75 North American Algse, from 

 Collins.. Holden, and Setchell ; 250 Fungi Imperfecti, from 

 Kabat and BuJDak ; 20 Ohio Fungi, from Kellerman ; 14 

 Microscope Preparations of Micro-Fungi, from Miss A. L. 

 Smith; 150 Micro-Fungi, from Vestergren ; 50 Fungi Selecti, 

 from Jaap ; 50 Ascomycetes, from Rehm ; 100 European 

 Fungi, from Rabenhorst, Winter, and Pazschke ; 50 Econ- 

 omic Fungi, from Seymour and Earle ; 150 Fungi of 

 Germany, 50 Uredinese, 50 Phycomycetes and Protomy- 

 cetes, from Sydow ; 150 Cryptogams of South Africa, from 

 Wilms ; 400 North American Fungi, from Bartholomew, 

 Ellis, and Everhart ; 100 Saxon Fungi, from Krieger ; 

 25 Parasitic Fungi, from Briosi and Cavara; 3 exhibition 

 sheets of Water-colour Drawings from Worthington G. Smith ; 

 30 Water-colour Drawings of British Lichens for exhibition, 

 from Highley. 



Among the additions acquired by purchase, special refer- 

 ence may be made to 12 MS. volumes containing a classified 

 series of annotated descriptions of the genera and species of 

 British Basidiomycetes, prepared by Mr. Worthington G. 

 Smith, and illustrated with 135 ink drawings exhibiting the 

 characters of the genera and subgenera. More than 2,150 

 species are described, thus affording a valuable supplement to 

 the fine series of coloured drawings in the Department. 



VII. — Demonstrations. 



Demonstrations on the collections have been given by Mr. 

 Britten to 31 members of the Catholic Association, April 8th, 

 and by Dr. Rendle to 35 members of the Selborne Society, 

 January 28th, to 25 members of the Co-operative Holidays 

 Association Rambling Club, February 11th, and to 15 mem- 

 bers of the West Ham Education Board, Nature Study Class, 

 March 11th. 



Ylll.— Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits to the Department for consultation 

 and research during the year was 1,939, 



For the whole of the year the Department was in charge 

 of the Senior Assistant, Mr. James Britten. 



A. B. Rendle. 



