DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



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Donations. 



Dried "Specimens of New Zealand Plants, Fruits of Hartighsea spectabilis, 

 Entelea arborescens, and Laurus Tawa, liber of Hoheria populnea, Speci- 

 men of a Parasite upon the Balana antarctica, together with Specimens, 

 prepared for Microscopic examination, of the Sporules of species of 

 Asero'e and Trichia, the Blood of the Antarctic Whale, &c. &c. 



Cones of 1 7 species of Pinus, chiefly from Mexico and California. 

 A Collection of about 340 species of Lichens, Hepaticte, Mosses and Fungi, 

 formed by Mr. H. W. Ravenel, of Aiken, S. Carolina. 



Dried Specimens of Cayenne Plants, gathered by H. C. Rothery, Esq., and 

 Norfolk Island Ferns, collected by C. J. Simmons, Esq. 



An extensive Collection of Dried Plants from South-western Australia, col- 

 lected principally by Mr. James Drummond, A.L.S., and the late Mr. 

 Gilbert ; including several hundred species not before in the Society's 

 Herbarium. 



Specimen of Polyphemus Goliathus, from the Collection of M. Gory. 



Thirty-two mounted Microscopic preparations of Desmidieae, Diatomacea, &c, 



chiefly from the neighbourhood of Wareham, Dorset. 

 Dried Specimens of 45 species of Plants, collected by Mr. F. Strange, in the 



neighbourhood of Richmond River, N. S. Wales. 



Dried Specimens of about 80 species of Plants, from the neighbourhood of 

 Swan River ; together with Fruits of Banksia grandis, B. prionotes, B, 

 Menziesii, B. littoralis, B. attenuata, Xylomelum occidentale, and Seeds 

 of Macrozamia Preissii : collected by Mr. Duffield. 



Pods of the " Iulaki" a species of Hymeruea, the seeds of which are sur- 

 rounded by a farinaceous substance, much eaten by the natives of the 

 River Amazons, where it was collected by Mr. H. W. Bates. 



An extensive Collection of Dried Plants, formed in the Upper Himalaya, by 

 J. E. Winterbottom, Esq., F.L.S., and Capt. Richard Strachey. 



Lithographed Print, by C. Hahn, from J. Hiibner's painting, " Considerate 

 Lilia," in a carved oak frame. 



Specimen of a monstrous Mushroom, bearing a second pileus, in an inverted 

 position, on the top of the first. 



A Collection of Dried Specimens of Ferns, found in the Island of Java, prin- 

 cipally by Dr. Junghuhn. 



Dried Specimens of Plants, collected at Balmaine, N. S. W., and in the 

 neighbourhood of Moreton Bay. 



Specimens of 7 species of Brazilian Podostemacea. 



Dried Specimens of about 1200 species of Portuguese Plants, collected by 



Frederick Welwitsch, M.D. 

 Fruits of Mauritia vinifera ?, Copernicia cerifera, and Sideroxylon Argan, Brot. 

 Dried Specimens of Indian Graminea. 



Donors. 

 T. S. Ralph, Esq., A.L.S. 



Francis Rauch, Esq. 



H. W. Ravenel, Esq., 

 (through the Rev. M. 

 J. Berkeley, F.L.S.). 



H. C. Rothery, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



W. W. Saunders, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



Dr. Schaum. 



The Rev. William Smith, 

 F.L.S. 



Mr. H. Sowerby. 



S. Stevens, Esq., F.L.S. 



Messrs. Strachey and 

 Winterbottom. 



R. Taylor, Esq., Under- 

 Sec. L.S. 



Mr. W. Taylor. 



Dr. de Vriese, of Leyden. 



R. Wakefield, Esq.,F.L.S. 



M. A. Weddell. 

 Dr. Welwitsch. 



R. Wight, M.D., F.L.S. 



