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Mycetozoa, and Lichens, and on work connected with the 

 exhibits in the Public Gallery. A. large number of 

 Sphaeropside?e and Melanconieae from various large 

 published collections have been incorporated with the 

 general collections, and progress has been made with the 

 incorporation of Pyrenomycetes. With the assistance of 

 Mr. Chandler the rearrangement in the Public Gallery of 

 the exhibits in the wall-cases, dealing with Monocotyledons 

 from a systematic point of view, has been almost completed. 

 With the same assistance a similar rearrangement of the 

 Dicotyledons has been begun. Under his supervision, also, 

 material for an exhibition case, illustrating the habit and 

 mode of growth of British trees by means of photographs 

 and drawings, has been almost completed. 



" Mr. Worthington G. Smith has completed his revision 

 of the Hymenomycetes in the British and general Herbaria. 



The fine collection of Diatoms of the late Thomas Comber 

 of Parkgate, Cheshire, was presented to the Department by 

 his widow. It consists of 2,926 microscope-slides, 2.225 

 photographic negatives and lantern-slides, and upwards of 

 500 photographic prints ; of numerous samples of Diato- 

 maceous deposits ; of 52 volumes of MS. descriptions forming 

 an illustrated catalogue ; of several volumes of MS. notes, 

 and 38 tracts. This carefully elaborated collection forms 

 an important addition to the already immense series of 

 Diatomacese in the possession of the Department. 



The other additions to the collections by presentation 

 have consisted of : — 249 Phanerogams and 1 Cryptogam from 

 India, from Major Prain ; 80 Phanerogams from South 

 Africa, from Dr. S. Schonland ; 379 Phanerogams and 

 12 Cryptogams from South Africa, from Capt. G. C. H. 

 Barrett-Hamilton ; 401 Phanerogams and 7 Cryptogams from 

 South Africa, from Dr. Rand ; 876 Phanerogams and 114 

 Cryptogams collected by J. W. Statter in East Australia and 

 also in the British Isles, from E. A. Benjamin, Esq. ; 

 14 specimens from South Spain and Tangiers, from the Right 

 Hon. Lord Walsingham ; 5 specimens from TenerifFe, from 

 Rev. R. P. Murray ; 124 Phanerogams and 6 Cryptogams 

 from Patagonia, from H. H. Prichard, Esq ; 60 Phanerogams 

 and 19 Cryptogams from China, from Dr. J, M. Dalziel ; 

 8 specimens from .India, from Miss M. K. Wall ; 21 specimens 

 of cultivated plants, from E. A. Bowles, Esq. ; 11 specimens 

 of cultivated Orchids, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, BaH. ; 



2 specimens of cultivated plants, from J. Sparkes, Esq. ; 

 specimen of Helichrysum and cone of Pinus, from Dr. M. T. 

 Masters ; 34 specimens from North Beluchistan, from A. H. 

 Savage Landor, Esq. ; 1 Phanerogam from Corea and 



3 Cryptogams from the Faroe Islands, from A. Bennett, Esq. ; 

 45 specimens of plants from the Cape, from Col. H. W. 

 Feilden ; 18 specimens from Nairobi, British East Africa, 

 from A. Blayney Percival, Esq. ; 94 specimens from the 



