THE BOTANICAL GALLERY. 2.33 



certce sedis, with others presented by travellers, 

 of which the species are not known. 



In the collection of fruits only those have been 

 admitted which were too large to be preserved 

 in the herbarium. M. Thouin possesses a very 

 numerous collection of the smaller seeds, which 

 will be added to that of the gallery, and arranged 

 in a cabinet of drawers, with a separate com- 

 partment for each species. 



This collection is labelled with reference to 

 the figures of Goertner, for all the specimens de- 

 scribed by that learned carpologist; and in the 

 vase or pasteboard-box, which contains them, 

 are often found notes of travellers, concerning 

 their uses (i). 



The eight remaining compartments are re- 

 served for the ancient drugs, with those that 

 have been since added. In the first are the roots, 

 in the second, the barks, and in the third, the 

 leaves and flowers used in materia medica and 

 domestic economy, in France, and in foreign 

 countries : the fourth is fdled with miscellaneous 



(1) The collection of seeds has increased more rapidly than the her- 

 barium, since the observations of Gcertner have attached more im- 

 portance to the subject. M. Freycinet has brought home a great 

 number ; very rare ones have been sent from India, Guyana and 

 Martinique, and others have been presented by amateurs of natural 

 history. The names of the donors are carefully inscribed upon the 

 objects. 



