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incorporated in the General Collection. In the Public 

 Gallery he has completed, with the assistance of Mr. Horrell, 

 the exhibit, begun last year, which deals with the Gymno- 

 sperros, both recent and fossil, from a systematic point of 

 view. With the same assistance considerable progress has also 

 been made with the rearrangement of the wall-cases dealing 

 with the Monocotyledons from a systematic point of view. 

 The series of models, illustrating the germination of Wheat, 

 begun last year under his direction, has been finished and is 

 now on exhibition. Under his supervision also, a series of 

 drawings is being prepared for an exhibition-case illustrating 

 the habit and mode of growth of British trees. He has also 

 determined the PeridinieaB in various collections of plankton 

 material received by the department. 



The Keeper of the Department surrendered his leave of 

 absence and obtained additional special leave of absence to 

 enable him to superintend the scientific equipment of the 

 " Discovery," and as Director of the Scientific Staflf he pro- 

 ceeded in her as far as the Cape of Good Hope to rehearse the 

 marine observations made by the Staff. 



The final part of the Catalogue of the Welwitsch Herbarium 

 of African plants containing the Cryptogamia and a general 

 Index has been published. 



Progress has been made in the renewal of wall-cases in 

 the Public Gallery, and the illustration of the life history of 

 Wheat, while the pedestal-cases illustrating British Fungi 

 have been completed. 



Mr. Worthington G. Smith volunteered to revise the 

 Hymenomycetes in the British and general Herbaria, and has 

 made good progress v/ith the work. 



The additions to the collections by presentation have 

 consisted of : — 153 specimens, mostly from near Cape S. 

 Antonio, Buenos Ayres, from Ernest Gibson, Esq. ; 70 

 specimens, including 23 Ferns, 83 specimens of woods, and 

 3 fruits, from H. N. Ridley, Esq. ; 168 Phanerogams and 11 

 Cryptogams from Siberia, from W. H. ShockJey, Esq. ; 

 36 specimens from Greylingstadt, Transvaal, from Capt. 

 Yandeleur ; 17 specimens, principally Canadian, from Arthur 

 Bennett, Esq. ; 80 specimens from near Kalgan, Eastern 

 Mongolia, from C. W. Campbell, Esq. ; 9 specimens of African 

 and American Eriocaulon, from Prof. Engler; 2 specimens 

 of Palm fruits, from Kitue, East Africa, from Dr. S. L. 

 Hinde ; 180 Plants, including 3 Cryptogams, from Van, from 

 Major F. P. Maunsell ; 100 specimens from Jamaica, from W. 

 Fawcett, Esq. ; 162 Phanerogams and 9 Cryptogams from South 

 Africa .from Dr. S. Schonland; 380 Plants, including 6 Ferns, 

 from India, from Major Prain ; 118 specimens from Natal, from 

 J. Medley Wood, Esq. ; 2 specimens from Tenerifi'e, from Ed. 

 Armitage, Esq. ; 5 specimens of cultivated Trilliuuis, from 



