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tlie Fraser fcxmily, and in tlie same condition as when con- 

 sulted by Pursli. It is a small collection, occupying a single 

 large volume. The specimens, which are commonly mere 

 fragments, often serve to identify the species of the Flora 

 Caroliniana, although they are not always labelled in accor- 

 dance with that work. 



The collections of Pursh, which serve as the basis of his 

 Flora AmericcB Septentrionalis, are in the possession of Mr 

 Lambert, and form a part of his immense herbarium. These, 

 with a few specimens brought by Lewis and Clark from 

 Oregon and the Rocky Mountains, a set of Nuttall's collec- 

 tions on the Missouri, and also of Bradbury's, so far as they 

 are extant, with a small number from Fraser, Lyon, &c., 

 compose the most important portion of this herbarium, so 

 far as North American botany is concerned. There is also 

 a small Canadian collection made by Pursh, subsequently to 

 the publication of his Flora, a considerable number of 

 Menzies' plants, and other minor contributions. To the 

 general botanist, probably the fine herbarium of Pallas, and 

 the splendid collection of Ruiz and Pavon, (both acquired by 

 Mr Lambert at a great expense,) are of the highest interest; 

 and they are by no means unimportant in their i-elations to 

 North American botany, since the former comprises several 

 species from the North-West coast, and numerous allied Sibe- 

 rian forms; while our Californian plants require, in some 

 instances, to be compared with the Chilian and Peruvian 

 plants of the latter. 



Besides the herbaria already mentioned, there are two 

 others in Loudon of more recent formation, \vhich possess the 

 highest interest as well to the general as to the American 

 botanist, viz., that of Prof. Lindley, and of Mr Bentham. 

 Both comprise very complete sets of the plants collected by 

 Douglas in Oregon, California, and the Rocky Mountains, 

 as well as those raised from seeds or bulbs, which he trans- 

 mitted to England, of which a large portion have, from time 

 to time, been published by these authors. Mr Bentham's 

 lierbarinm is, probably, the richest and most authentic col- 



