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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 
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the front shelf of the lower range are placed specimens of the class 
Polypetale Peeigyn^:, such as the Mango (Mangifera Indica, L.), 
the Cashew-Nut (Anacardium occidentale, L.), Cloves (Caroy- 
phyllus aromaticus, I/.), the Jamboo or Rose-Apple (Eugenia Jambos, 
L.), esteemed one of the finest fruits of Eastern Asia, and Cgelebo- 
gyne ilicifolia, J. Smith, a plant of New Holland, which has become 
of singular interest, on account of its continued reproduction in 
European gardens by means of perfect seeds, produced without any- 
apparent fertilization. On the two hinder shelves are specimens of 
various families of Monopetal^;, such as the Argan of Morocco (Ar- 
gania sideroxylon, R. and S.), applied by the Moors to many useful 
purposes, but chiefly remarkable for the quantity of oil derived from 
its nuts ; and the singular tuberous base of the stem of a species of 
Hydnophytum, Jack., from the Moluccas, hollowed out (as is usual in 
these plants) to form a nidus for a colony of ants. The second shelf 
from the front is occupied by bottles containing flowers and fruits of 
the classes Apetal^ and Gymnosperm^e. Among the former the most 
conspicuous are the Nutmegs (Myristica, L), in various stages of de- 
velopment, together with the flowers of Cinnamon (Laurus cinna- 
momum, L.), and of the Lace-Bark (Lagetta lintearia, Juss.). Of 
the latter are fruits of Gnetum gnemon, L., from the Moluccas, and 
half-ripened fruits of Encephalartos pungens, Lehm., from the con- 
servatory at Chatsworth. On the floor are larger bottles containing 
unripe fruits of Encephalartos Caffer, Lehm., from the Cape of 
Good Hope, the axis of the cone of the same specimen of which the 
model is exhibited in Case 10, as it appeared when all the scales 
had fallen, flowers of Dammara australis, Lamb, (the Cowdy-Pine 
of New Zealand), flowers of the Warata (Telopea speciostssima, 
R. Br.), the most splendid of New Holland Proteace^, and fruits 
of the Chocolate-Nut (Theobroma Cacao, L.) 
The upper shelves in Case 15 are occupied by Monocotyledonous 
specimens of various families. On the lower shelves is placed a collection 
of Root-Parasites, comprising several specimens of Rafflesia Ar- 
noldi, R. Br., the largest of known flowers, the whole plant consisting 
of a single flower, which, when expanded, measures three feet in dia- 
meter, a smaller species of the same genus (Rafflesia Cumingii, 
R. Br.), several species of Balanophora, Forst., Cynomorium cocci- 
neum, L., from the island of Gozo near Malta, Phyllocoryne Jamai- 
censis, Hook, fd., Lophophytum mirabile, Schott. and Endl., 
Sarcophyte sanguinea, SjMrm., Helosis Cayanensis, Rich., Langs- 
dorffia hypogjEA, Mart., a species of Mystropetalum from the Cape 
of Good Hope, Aphyteta Hydnora, L.Jil., also from Southern Africa, 
and Cytinus Americanus, R. Br. The large bottles on the floor 
contain specimens of Rafflesia Arnoldi, R.Br., of the Bread-Fruit 
(Aictocarpus incisa, L. fd.), of the Jack (Artocarpus integrifolia, 
L. Jil.), of the Palmeira-Palm (Borassus flabelliformis, L.), and 
of a monstrously developed fruit, brought from China, of a species of 
Cjikus, L., in which the divisions are enormously multiplied, and 
partially separated from each other. 
