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genera) Styracese, Sapotacese, Cyrtandraceae, and Convolvu- 

 lacese, and in the genus Calceolaria. 



In the division Apetalse work of incorporation has been 

 done especially in the orders Chenopodiacese, Euphorbiacese, 

 and Podostemacese (Indian). 



In the Monocotyledons work of incorporation has been 

 done chiefly in the orders Graminese, Aroidese, Liliacese, 

 Amaryllidacese, and Iridacese, and work of revision in the 

 Palmacese and Orchidacese. 



Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the 

 British Herbarium. 



A large accumulation of North and South American 

 duplicates has been sorted and arranged, for purposes of 

 exchange. 



Ferns. — Additions have been made by incorporation in 

 the following orders and genera, Cyatheacese, Schizseacese, 

 Ophioglossacese, Lycopodiacese, Selaginellacese, Gleichenia, 

 Davallia, Hymenophyllum, TrichoTnanes, Asplenium, 

 Aspidium, Nephr odium, Nephrolepis, and Equisetum, and 

 in the Hydropteridese ; work of rearrangement has been 

 done in the genera Nephrodium and P laty cerium ; the 

 specimens collected by Cuming in the Philippines have been 

 revised, and the specimens collected by Robinson in Gunong 

 Tahan have been determined. 



Bryophyta. — Work of incorporation has been done in 

 several genera of Mosses, and work of revision on the Mosses 

 of New Zealand and Japan, and on the British specimens of 

 several genera of Hepaticse. 



Algce. — The Batters herbarium and collection of 

 microscopic slides, and the Rylands collection of diatoms 

 have been incorporated ; and work of determination and 

 revision has been done in several genera of siphonaceous 

 Algse, on Algse from the Indian Ocean and the Danish West 

 Indies, and in the Characese. 



Fungi. — Work of incorporation has been done chiefly 

 in the Hyphomycetes and Discomycetes, and in the genus 

 Puccinia ; the British Fungi have been rearranged according 

 to recent monographs, and the sorting of specimens and 

 drawings in the Phillips collection has been continued, and 

 the drawings of Discomycetes and Uredinese have been 

 mounted and incorporated. 



Lichens. — Progress has been made with the revision of 

 the British Lichens, and the extra-European Lichens in 

 Crombie's collection have been sorted and labelled. 



Exhibition /Series.— Progress has been made with the 

 representation of the orders of Dicotyledons in the large 

 wall- cases in the public gallery, with the exhibition of a 

 series of British Lichens, and with the selection and 

 preparation of specimens and drawings for an exhibition of 



