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1. An Herbarium, collected chiefly in the Circars, by the late 



Dr. Patrick Russel : contains no duplicates. — Herh. Mussel. 



2. An extensive Herbarium, from the Peninsula of India, 



collected apparently by the late Drs. Klein and Heyne, 

 and by Dr. Rottler : it contains many duplicates. — Herb. 

 Madras. 



3. A very extensive Herbarium, collected in various parts of 

 Hindostan, by the late Dr. Francis Hamilton (formerly 

 Buchanan) : containing not many duplicates.— i7er&. 

 Hamilt. 



4. A small Herbarium of the late Dr. Roxburgh : no dupli- 



cates. — Hei'h. Roxh. 



5. An Herbarium, collected by the late Mr. George Finlay- 

 son, surgeon and naturalist to the mission which was 

 sent to Siam and Cochin-China by the Bengal Govern- 

 ment in 1821 : contains some duplicates. — Herb. Finl. 



6. A most extensive Herbarium, collected in various parts of 

 the Peninsula of India by Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Richard 

 Wight, lately in charge of the Botanical establishment at 

 Madras : contains a great number of duplicates. — Herb. 

 Wight. 



7. Several collections, forwarded by Dr. Wallich to the 



Company's museum, and including a vast number of 



duplicates. They will be referred to, in the manner 



heretofore adopted, and pointed out in the first page of 



this list." 



In the above-mentioned list of collections, it will be seen 



that that of Mr. (now Dr.) Wight, stands pre-eminent. It 



was compiled while that gentleman was Director of the Botanic 



Garden at Madras. Notwithstanding the great exertions 



made by Dr. Wight during the existence of the Garden, 



with the view to furthering the cause of Botany, still more 



important projects were contemplated. " My arrangements 



were completed," he writes to me in one of the first letters I 



had the pleasure to receive from him, " and I was on the eve 



of departure on a very extensive tour, which I intended 



should have occupied me nearly two years. In the course 



of it, I would have visited all the richest botanical districts in 



