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British Hepatics. An exhibition illustrating variation at 

 different altitudes in Folygala Amnarella — a British plant 

 with a very restricted distribution, and an exhibition of 

 Lichens from Southern Chili, have been prepared and placed 

 in the public gallery : and specimens, with drawings, of a 

 British hybrid Orchid, and a specimen of the Australian 

 Blackboy {Xanthorrhoea arhorea) have been added. 

 Progress has been made with the exhibition illustrating 

 British-grown Trees in the Central Hall, and some time has 

 been devoted to the completion of the exhibition illustrating 

 the flower, fruit, and seed of the Dicotyledons. An exhibition 

 of Memorials of Linnaeus has been arranged in honour of the 

 bicentenary of the birth of the great Swedish Naturalist, 

 and a guide to it has been prepared. 



Catalogues. — Progress has been made with the preparation 

 of the second edition of Mr. Arthur Lister's Monograph of 

 the Mycetozoa ; with the second volume, by Miss A. Lorrain 

 Smith, of Crombie's Catalogue of British Lichens ; and with 

 a Synopsis of British Basidiomycetes, based on the MSS. 

 and drawings of Mr. Worthington G. Smith. All three 

 volumes are going through the press. 



II. — Publications. 



Guide to the books, specimens, and portraits exhibited in 

 the Central Hall to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth 

 of Linnaeus (Memorials of Linnaeus) by Dr. Rendle. 



List of British Seed-plants and Ferns. By Dr. Rendle 

 and Mr. Britten. 



Apart from the official publications issued by the 

 Trustees, the following relating to the collections have 

 appeared : — 



General report upon the Botanical Results of the Third 

 Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W. A. Cunnington, 

 1904 and 1005. By Dr. Rendle. (Journal of Linnean 

 Society.) 



Notes on the " List of British Seed-Plants," I. and II. By 

 Dr. Rendle and Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) 



Note on Thrincia nudicaulis. By Mr. Britten. (Journal 

 of Botany.) 



The" Illustrations of Australian Plants " (^Bibliographical 

 Note). By Mr. Britten. (Journal of Botany.) 



Notes on Halorrhagacese. By Mr. Britten. (Journal of 

 Botany.) 



Note on Cephalanthera longifolia Fritsch. By Mr. 

 Britten. (Journal of Botany.) 



Notes from the National Herbarium, I. By Mr. Britten. 

 (Journal of Botany.) 



