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DONATIONS 



to ri/r; 



MUSEUM OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 



Exclusive of Presents of single Specimens of Animals, Plants, and Minerals. 



Continued from Page 726 of Vol. XVIII. of the Society's Transactions. 



Donations. 



SPECIMENS of Clavaria entomorhiza (a spe- ' 

 cies proceeding from the caterpillar of a 

 Lepidopterous insect), tied up in bundles 

 as sold in the markets at Canton,- a re- 

 markable Gall mentioned by Du Halde; 

 Syngnathus Hippocampus; Lepas mitella, 

 procured in large quantities at Macao and 

 eaten by the Chinese ; stoneless or fragrant 

 Lychee; a species of Gigartina, used by the 

 Japanese for making jellies ; edible Birds' 

 Nests, as taken from the caverns, and as 

 prepared for use ; Brick Tea, used by the 

 Tartars ; a ball of Tea and a package of 

 Rice from Japan ; and Glue made from 

 the skin of a Black Ass j 



Donors. 



Specimens of the female spadix and half-ripe 

 fruit (with its pericarp and perianth) of the 

 Double Cocoa-nut (Lodoicea SecheUarum, 



Labill.) 



4 a 2 



John Reeve, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. 



The Royal Asiatic Society. 



