DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
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 Balena antarctica, together with Specimens, 
prepared for Microscopic examination, of the Sporules of species of 
' Aseroë and Trichia, the Blood of the Antarctic Whale, &c. &c. ° 
Cones of 17 species of Pinus, chiefly from Mexico and California. 
A Collection of about 340 species of Lichens, Hepatice, 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 Desmidiee, Diatomacee, &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 “ Julaki,” a species of Hymenea, 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. Hübner'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 Podostemacee. 
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 Gramineae, 
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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 Rey. 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. 
