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DONATIONS 



TO Til I. 



MUSEUM OF THE L1NNEAN SOCIETY, 

 Exclusive of Presents of single Specimens of Animals, Plants, &c. 



Continued from Page 508 of Vol. XX. of the Society's Transactions. 



Donations. 



.DRIED Specimens of Plants from Assam and Bootan; forming part of the 

 Herbarium of the late William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S. 



An extensive Collection of Dried Plants, formed principally in the neighbour- 

 hood of Adelaide, S. Australia ; but partly also at Swan River and King 

 George's Sound, W. Australia ; by Sir George and Lady Grey. 



Specimens of Animal and Vegetable Productions of Van Diemen's Land, 

 from the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. Presented through 

 Joseph Milligan, Esq., F.L.S., Secretary of the Royal Society of Van 

 Diemen's Land. 



1. A Case, containing stuffed specimens of twelve species of Tasma- 



nian Birds, collected by Mr. Bonney. 



2. Two Necklaces, as worn by the Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 



composed of the shells of a species of Elenchus, from which the 

 cuticle has been removed, by soaking them in vinegar, and after- 

 wards using friction. 



3. Specimen of the Native Bread of Tasmania (Mylitta australis), 



obtained at Glenorchy, Van Diemen's Land. 



4. Gum of Acacia mucronata, from Flinders' Island, Bass's Straits. 



5. " Blood Juice," obtained from a tree on Norfolk Island. 



6. " Gum Kino," from the Blue Gum-tree and other Eucalypti. 



7. Cross section of the trunk of a tree (the largest ever met with) of 



the " Iron- wood," or " Lignum-Vitae " of Tasmania (Notelaa 

 ligustrina), from Macquarie Harbour. 



8. Two Slabs of the "Musk-wood" (Eurybia argophylla). 



9. Specimens of the "Pink-wood" (Carpodontos lucida), from Mac- 



quarie Harbour. 



Donors. 



The Hon. East India 

 Company. 



The Committee of the 

 WellingtonAthenaeum, 

 New Zealand. 



Mr. Bonney. 



Joseph Milligan, Esq. 



T. Y. Lowes, Esq. 



Joseph Milligan, Esq. 

 Sir W. Denison. 

 Joseph Milligan, Esq. 



— Brownrigg, Esq. 

 Joseph Milligan, Esq. 



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