396 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Pallas' original Herbarium is amongst the more valuable 
of the lots; and, as stated by the late Mr. Don, it contains 
all the plants figured in Gmelin's Flora Sibirica, and also 
the identical specimens from which the figures in the Flora 
Rossica of Pallas were taken, as well as the figures of that 
author's Monograph of the genus Astragalus. Besides Russian 
plants, this set includes various collections communicated to 
Pallas by Thunberg, Sir Joseph Banks, Forster, Georgi, 
Steller, Merk, etc. and in all is said to include from 2,000 
to 2,250 species. Among other plants of interest may be 
mentioned those from Japan; Schimper's and Salt's from 
Abyssinia; Drége's, Masson's, Niven's and others from 
South Africa; Hamilton's, Bennett's and Edgerley's from 
New Zealand; Thomson’s, Hardwicke’s and Colebrooke's 
from Madagascar ; Colebrooke's from the Mauritius ; others 
from the Isle of France; Bennetts and others from the 
Polynesian islands; Kotschy’s Nubian and Ethiopian; 
Fischer's from Arabia, &c.; sixty bundles of specimens, includ- 
ing from 3,000 to 3,500 plants, * supposed " to have formed 
a part of Pallas'; Russell's and Lord Valentia's, and Hawk- 
ins’ and Clarke’s oriental plants; Afzelius’ from Western 
Africa; Raffles’ from Sumatra; Forster’s Herbarium, col- 
lected during Cook's voyage; and lastly, we shall content 
ourselves with mentioning what formed a striking feature 
in the museum, the noble collection of the larger dried fruits, 
especially of Conifere and Proteacee. 
It is much to be deplored that the late possessor’s inten- 
tions, as specified in his will, respecting this vast assemblage 
of botanical objects, could not be complied with; namely, that 
it should, free of cost, be added to the National Herbarium at 
the British Museum 
Botany of the Azores. 
The Azores, or Western Islands, lie so completely out of 
the track of vessels in general, that they are seldom visi 
