Annual Meeting.] 
250 
[May 1, 
Botany. 
Mr. John Cummings has supported this department during the 
past } 7 ear as in many previous years, and the Society is indebted to 
him for this and important assistance in other departments. 
The endogens have been finished by Miss Carter, thus complet- 
ing the general revision of the entire collection. A more particu- 
lar and final revision of the herbarium and its catalogue has been 
commenced with a view of making it as perfect as possible with 
the means at hand. The duplicates have been systematically ar- 
ranged and packed away ready for exchanges. The work has 
been completed through the Polypetalse. Progress has also been 
made in the poisoning of the herbarium. A revision of the Lowell 
collection has been begun and appropriate labels printed and in 
part placed with the specimens. The following accessions have been 
made during the year : — 
Prof. Johann Muller of Geneva, one hundred and eight speci- 
mens of lichens. 
Miss Mary Saunders, six specimens for New England collection. 
Mrs. Caroline A. Kennard, a fine specimen of Gordyceps Eobertsi 
from New Zealand. 
Dynamical zoology. 
The typical forms have been selected and placed on exhibition 
and considerable work has been done by the Curator and Mr. Hen- 
shaw in various ways which cannot be advantageously reported up- 
on at present. Work has been done by the Curator in the prepa- 
ration of a guide for this collection, and that of the introductory 
collections in general. 
Synoptic collection. 
The lower invertebrates of this collection have been revised, 
mounted and labelled. Miss Martin has made drawings of Vol- 
vox, Vorticella, Hydra, Astrangia and Perinopsis. 
Mr. C. B. Cory has given us specimens of Apteryx Oweni and 
Echidna hystrix , and the Society owes him thanks for the loan of 
a series of models showing the development of the chick. 
Anatomical collection. 
Miss Martin has prepared skeletons of two amphibians (Nectu- 
rus and Amblystoma) and six crustaceans (Homarus, Penseus, 
Alpheus, Cancer, Gecarcinus and Apus). 
