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been done in the orders Rubiacese (chiefly South American 

 species), and Convolvulacese (Tropical and South African 

 species). 



In the division Apetalse work of incorporation has been 

 done in several orders, especially Chenopodiacese, Amarantacese, 

 Polygonacese, Lauracese, Euphorbiace83 and Cupuliferse. The 

 order Monimiacese has been rearranged. 



In the Monocotyledons work of incorporation has been 

 done chiefly in the orders Orchidacese, Liliacese, Juncacese, 

 Cyperacese, and Graminese. The orders Najadacese, Pota- 

 mogetonacejB, Alismacese, Butouiacese, Typhacese, Eriocaulacese, 

 and Juncacese, have been revised and rearranged. 



Work of incorporation and revision has been done in the 

 British Herbarium. 



Considerable progress has been made with the sorting and 

 arrangement of duplicates for purposes of exchange. 



Ferns. — Additions have been made by incorporation in the 

 following families : Schizseacese, Osmundacese, Polypodiacese, 

 Hydropterideae, Lycopodiacese ; collections from Rhodesia 

 (Eyles), Solomon Islands (Guppy), New Granada (Kalbreyer), 

 have been mounted and incorporated ; the revision of the 

 specimens collected by Cuming in the Philippines has been 

 completed, and the African species of Asplenium and Nephro- 

 diuTYi have been revised ; collections made in Gazaland by 

 Swynnerton and in British East Africa by Meinertzhagen have 

 been determined. 



Bryophyta. — Specimens of Mosses collected in Fiji by Miss 

 Gibbs been been determined. 



AlgcB. — The residual material of the Batters herbarium and 

 its collection of microscopic slides, and the Fresh-water Algae 

 of Hassall and of Jenner, have been set in order and incor- 

 porated ; work of rearrangement and revision has been done 

 on several genera of Floridese and Chlorophyceae ; work of 

 revision and determination has been done on the Characese and 

 Siphonese, and on Algae from the Indian Ocean and from 

 Auckland Island, Campbell Island and the Snares. 



Fungi. — Work of incorporation has been done chiefly 

 in the Discomycetes and Pyrenomycetes, and in the genus 

 Piiccinia ; the British Fungi have been rearranged according 

 to recent monographs, the sorting of specimens in the 

 Phillips collection has been continued, and many drawings of 

 Discomycetes and Hymenomycetes have been mounted and 

 incorporated. 



Lichens. — Progress has been made with the incorporation 

 and revision of the British Lichens, chiefly the Graphidese. 



Exhibition Series. — ^The representation of the orders of 

 Dicotyledons in the large wall-cases in the public gallery has 

 been completed, and various specimens have been added to the 



