248 BOTANICAL INFORMATION 



1. The Collection of Dr. Morison, Danby Professor of 



Botany from L670 to 1683. 



This Herbarium contains 5319 species and varieties. The spechnens 

 are mounted each on a half-sheet of white, placed between a sheet of 

 coarse brown, paper, 15 inches by 10, The arrangement is that of his 

 work entitled ' Plantarum Historia/ of which the second volume only 

 was published by himself, and the third by his successor, Bobart. They 

 relate to herbaceous plants, with a supplement for Mosses, Lichens, 



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The first volume, relating to 



trees and shrubs, has never appeared, but the specimens intended to 

 illustrate it are preserved in the Herbarium. The specimens accord- 

 ingly are placed under fifteen classes, having the following titles. The 

 first five sections are described in vol, ii. of the work. 



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1. Scandentes; Ex. Asparagus. 



2. Leg u mi nosag ; Ex. Vicia. 



3. Siliq^uosse ; Ex. Brassica. 



4. Tricapstdares hexapetalaj; Ex. AspTiodelus, 



5. Tricapsulares aliee; Ex. Campanula; described in the third volume of (he 



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work, 



6. Corymbiferae ; Ex. Tanacetum. 



7* Papposfc lactesceutes ; Ex. Lactnca. 



8. Culmiferfe: Ex. Grasses, KB. These are placed hy themselves in a folio 



volume. 



9. UmbelliferBe 5 Ex, Conium. 



10. Tricoccse; Ex. Euphorbia, 



11. Verticillata; ; Ex, Lavandula. 



12. Multicapsulares ; Ex. Pasonia. 



13. Bacciferae; Ex. Solanum. 



14. Capillares; Ex. Filices. 



15. Anomalee; including many flowering plants which he was at a loss to ar- 



range, and likewise Cryptogamous ones, followed even by Corallines. ■ 



2. Bobart's Collection. 



A collection in twelve quarto volumes, containing about 2000 speci- 

 mens, with the English and Latin names attached, probably made by 

 Professor Bobart. 



3. Sherard's Herbarium, presented to the establishment 



IN 1726. 



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The specimens are mounted in the same manner as Morison*s, They 



