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42. George Hibbert, Esq. presented to Mr. Lambert the greater part of his Herbarium, which comprised the 

 whole of Niven's Cape Collection and Dr. Wright's Jamaica Plants, with many others. A great part of 

 the Jamaica specimens Mr. Lambert had before received from Dr. Wright himself. 



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Herbarium of Ruiz and Pavon. This extensive collection, made at the expense of the Spanish Govern- 

 ment, contains, besides the whole Herbarium formed by the Authors of the Flora Peruviana durmg 

 their residence of eleven years in Peru and Chih, nearly 2000 Mexican plants, and a valuable assortment 

 of those indigenous to Spain. A considerable addition to the Mexican portion of the Herbarium 

 has been received since Mr. Lambert's nitlce of this collection has been published.* The number of 

 species nearly doubles that of the Herbarium formed by Humboldt and Bonpknd durmg their 

 travels in Equinoctial America, and of which the greatest part has already been descnbed, and published, , 

 by a very distinguished botanist. Professor Kunth. The great difference in the proportions of these two 

 collections is very remarkable, and is only to be accounted for in this manner ; that, although Humboldt 

 and Bonpland visited many more countries than our Spanish botanists did, the short stay they neccssanly 

 had to make, enabled them to glean a scanty portion only of the vegetable riches ,vhich Nature diffuses 

 at every step, to the naturalist, in those vast countries of Tropical America, which have been so ably and 

 so beautifully described by Humboldt. From the excellent descriptions and figures given by M. Kunth 

 in the " Nova Genera et Species Pkmtarum" I have been enabled to make out neariy the whole of the 

 species, which accord with those he has described in that work. Nearly one half of the species con- 

 tained in the Herbarium, however, I conceive to be new, and hitherto unpublished. In the following 

 statement will be found the Genera, which have yet been determined, disposed according to the Natural 

 System, with the number of Species contained in each. The Mexican collection appears to me, from 

 the many specimens from California, Unalaska, &c. to have formed a part of the Herbarium of Mocino 

 and Sesse, who were many years engaged, at the expense of the Spanish Government, in investigating the 

 vegetable productions of the Vice-Royalty of New Spain, with the design of publishing a Flora Mex- 

 ieana. There is a separate carpological collection, containing fruits and seeds of the more interesting 

 plants contained in the Herbarium. The specimens are in excellent preservation, and, in most instances, 

 several duplicates of each species in different states. Having already determined the greater part of the 

 species, a complete Flora, containing descriptions of the whole, with figures of the more remarkable ones. 



may be expected, 



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MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



i^ifa208. Lycopodlacem ^^. l^qmseiacem ^. Graminem \m. Cyperacec, QO. Juncm 1. Res- 

 tea- Xyris2. Erlocaulon 3. /Wte, Clpura 1, Mora^a 1, Sisyrincblum 28, Tigridia 3. Commehnea^, 

 CommdlnaS, Aneilema 2, Tradeseaatia 4, Callisia 3- Asj^hodekce, Antherleum 2, Conanthera 1, Ormtho- 

 galuml, Animni;Lila;al. AmaryUidea', Amarylhs 4, Chlidanthus 1, Pancratium 3, Genus Calostemati 

 affine 1.' LUiacew, Fritlllavia 1, Agave 1, Alstrcemeria 14. Bromdiacece, Tillandsia 8, Bromella 1, Pitcalr- 

 nia4 Pourrettia2,^hmeal,Bonapartea 2,Genus Novum 1. P«/m.<., Nunnezharia 1, Elais 1, Martmezia 4, 

 Irlartial,Moremal. y^^ace^^, Heliconia4, Musa 1. Ca««.c., Canna 3, Maranta 7, Thalia 4. Scitaminew , Coi- 

 tus A Amomum4. OrcAfc, 150. P.>™.^, Piper 35, Peperomia 29, Clarissia 0. Fluviales, Potoma- 

 geton 3. ^mW.ffi, Caladium 4, Dracontium 1, Plstia 1, Pothos 1, Carlndovica 2. Balanophorem, Cynomo-. 

 rlumo. Typhmai\. Po«/«J^re(^, Pontedera 5, Heteranthera 5. Butoynew,Umnoc\mx\s\. AUsmacem.S^^ 

 gittavia 3. Smilace<s, Cordyline 2, Smilax 9, Medeola 2, Herreria 1, Luzuriaga 1. Dioscorinm, Dioscoria 6. ^ 



^ See Preface to Illustration of the Genus Cincliona^ p. 6 and 7. .^ 



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