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of Sieber's, consisting of 1,100 species, are offered in six lots. 
Those from New Holland are exceedingly extensive, and 
comprize plants of White, Brown, Labillardiére, Caley, King, 
Cunningham, Drummond, Lhotsky, ete. East Indian plants 
are those of Wallich, Hamilton, Roxburgh, Wigbt, Lady 
Amherst, Heyne, Law, and various others. The West 
Indian and South American collections comprise, besides 
the extensive herbarium of Dr. Gillies, those of Matthews, 
(whose death we have already noticed), Bridges, Cuming, 
Caldcleugh, Miers, Claussen, Pentland and Kelly (from 
Bolivia), Cavanilles, Hancock, Cervantes, Bonpland, Wiles, 
Browne, Martin (Guiana), Martius, etc. But the gem of 
the whole museum is the Peruvian Herbarium of Ruiz and 
Pavon. This is divided into three distinct sets; the first 
comprising fifty-three large bundles, and 2,300 plants; the 
Second in thirty-six large bundles; and the third, the 
arranged and mounted set in the large cabinet with three 
additional bundles, to which are added seventy-five small 
boxes of dry fruits, sections of woods, barks, etc., and Ruiz 
and Payon’s original manuscripts of their voyages travels 
and botanical researches in Peru and Chili, between the 
years 1777 and 1788, with their descriptions of plants, in- 
sects, etc. 
In Mexican plants it is well known Mr. Lambert felt 
peculiar interest. They are from various sources; Tate, 
Parkinson, Galeotti, Karwinski, Schiede and Deppe, Hartweg, 
La Llave, Staples, Haenke and various other travellers. 
From North America the collection seems peculiarly poor ; 
the Purshian Herbarium is only announced as containing from 
750 to 1,000 species, probably not a fifteenth part of what 
are now known to be natives of that vast continent; to 
these are added some from Nuttall, and sundry others 
gathered by Menzies, Scouler, Douglas, etc. on the West 
oast. From China there are the herbaria formed by Sir 
George Staunton, collected during Lord Macartney’s em- 
bassy, several plants from Captain Beechey, and five bundles 
of miscellaneous ones. 
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