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and 100 German Fungi, from Sydow ; 50 Westphalian Fungi, 

 from Brinkmann ; 16 prepared British Fungi, from Hartley- 

 Smith; 66 new or rare British Fungi and 46 microscope-prepara- 

 tions, from Miss A. Lorrain Smith ; 100 Russian Lichens from 

 Elenkin. 



VII. — BeTTbonstrations. 



Demonstrations were given on the exhibition of Memorials 

 of Linnaeus by Dr. Rendle to 25 members of the Hampstead 

 Selborne and Archaeological Society on March 28, and on the 

 exhibition of British Trees by Mr. Baker to 12 members of the 

 Junior Branch of the Selborne Society on December 2. 



VIII. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits to the Department for consultation 

 and research during the year was 2,315, as compared with 2,245 

 in 1907, 2,065 in 1906 and 1,939 in 1905. Numerous specimens 

 and small collections have been named by the Staff for visitors 

 and correspondents. 



A.B. Rendle. 



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