(Div. 3.) Vermes with testaceous coverings. 
(Div. 4 and 5.) Radiated zoophytes, echini or 
sea-eggs, spatangi, &c. 
{Div. 6 and 7.) Stony zoophytes, such as 
madrepores and other corals. 
(Div, 8.) Impressions of plants. 
Over cases Q and 10, is a very perfect speci- 
men of the skull and horns of the large elk of 
Ireland, — by far the most remarkable of the 
known fossil remains of ruminant animals. 
TENTH ROOM. 
VEGETABLES. 
moom x. In the Cases 1 to 6, and part of Case 24, are 
deposited numerous specimens of vegetable pro- 
ductions : the following are the most remarkable * 
case Various seeds and seed vessels, particularly 
1. that of the Nelumbo ; the root of an Asiatic fern, 
popularly called the vegetable lamb, from the 
rude resemblance it bears to a Iamb, when placed 
in an inverted position, as in the present specie 
men ; cones of firs, &c. 
2. Various specimens of lagetto bark, &c. 
3. Various gourds. On the bottom shelf, the 
double or divided cocoa-nut, a rare fruit belong- 
ing to the palm called Lodoicea Maldivica, grow- 
ing on the coasts of the Indian island Praslin. 
4. Various cocoa-nuts ; a cactus melocactus; a 
top of a cabbage tree, 
Various 
ROOM IX. 
Nat. Hist. 
