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sent from Cochin-China by Loureiro, and published in the flora 

 of that country. [There are] also, in five large folio volumes, 

 the herbarium and drawings of Hermannus, chiefly of Zeylan 

 plants, of which the ' Flora Zeylanica ' of Linnaeus is a systematic 

 enumeration and description. The unarranged collections and 

 duplicates consist of 1,700 parcels. The unarranged collections 

 and duplicates are disposed geographically, and are in progress 

 of incorporation with the arranged herbarium, either as fur- 

 nishing distinct species, or as completing the specimens of 

 those already contained in a less perfect state. The additional 

 species in these collections probably amount to nearly 5,000 

 phanerogamous plants." 



In the following year certain other collections, until then in 

 the charge of the principal librarian, were transferred to the 

 Banksian Department. These, according to the following 

 account submitted by Brown, comprised : 



"1. Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, formed by himself and 

 other botanists, whose collections are kept distinct from each 

 other in about 333 volumes, all of them in a tolerably good state 

 of preservation ; they are all numbered on the backs, and may 

 be referred to without difficulty. 2. Baron de Moll's herbarium, 

 purchased by the Trustees, together with his library in 1816. 

 3. A collection of Chelsea Garden Plants. Sir Hans Sloane 

 in 1721 gave the freehold of the ground to the Company of 

 Apothecaries on condition that 50 new plants should annually 

 be delivered to the Royal Society till the total amounted to 2,000 

 distinct species. The list of the 50 first [appeared] in the Philo- 

 sophical Transactions for 1722, and that which completed the 

 required number, 2,000, in 1761. It appears, however, that the 

 Company remained tributary in 50 distinct species per annum 

 till the year 1796, at which time the number of 3,750 was com- 

 pleted in 75 large fasciculi, which are now extant in perfect 

 preservation. Besides these herbaria there is also a collection of 

 fruits and seeds in spirits of wine, and another of dried specimens 

 of fruits and seeds, roots, wood, and other parts of vegetables." 



Of Sir Hans Sloane's important collection, some account 

 follows. The Chelsea Garden plants are now incorporated with 

 the general herbarium. The Baron de Moll's collection, according 

 to the report of Konig and Baber, who went to examine his 

 minerals before their purchase by the Trustees, contained 

 specimens from Pallas and other eminent botanists, as well as 

 plants collected by himself in the Alps ; this was probably 



