distribtjtob’s report for 1947 (1949) 
75 
BEPOBI OF TEE DISTBIBUTOB FOB m? 
On the whole the quality of the material submitted for this year’s 
distribution was good and some interesting gatherings were sent in. 
But a further decline in the number of plants distributed brought the 
total down to the lowest on record. It is regrettable that this branch 
of the Society’s activities should show no recovery of its former vigour, 
and it is all the more surprising that this should be so at a time when 
the Society is so favourably situated in regard to the number of referees 
available with specialist knowledge of different genera. 
My thanks are due to Mr G. A. Shaw for much help in sorting speci- 
mens and making up parcels, and to all those who have contributed 
notes. 
W. A. SliEDGE. 
The University, 
Leeds, December 29th, 1948. 
