HERBAKIUM. 
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Zealand, a large aerial root of a Banyan, a Brazilian Tree-lily 
( Vellozia), a large Bamboo from Demerara, an Australian Grass- 
tree (Kingia), a Brazilian Palm (Acrocomia), a Sugar-cane, and 
a Japanese Cycad. 
A collection of British Plants is exhibited in glazed frames British 
fastened by hinges to uprights. The classification of the Seed- 
plants and Ferns is that used by Bentham in his Handbook 
of the British Flora," and his descriptions are attached as labels 
to each plant. Three series of frames contain specimens of all 
the British Vascular Plants. The fourth frame is occupied with 
the Mosses, Liverworts (Hepaticse), and Stoneworts (CharaceEe), 
and forms the beginning of the exhibition of Cellular Plants. 
The series is continued in the frames on the other side of the 
gallery containing the lower Fungi and drawings of the larger 
Fungi. The latter could not be dried so as to give a fair 
idea of their form ; coloured drawings have therefore been 
employed for this part of the series. The British Lichens are 
arranged in a cabinet of narrow glass-topped drawers. 
Above the entrance to the great Herbarium is a life-size 
photograph of an Orchid, Plialsenopsis scliilleriana, from the 
Philippine Islands. 
The portion devoted to the use of the scientific student con- Herbarium, 
sists mainly of the great Herbarium of Flowering Plants. This 
is a collection of plants, fastened on single sheets of folio 
paper, representing, so far as it has been possible to obtain 
them, first, every species of plant living on the earth, and 
then the distribution of each species on the surface of the 
earth. The various species are collected under their respec- 
tive genera, and these are arranged in their natural orders ; 
the whole being classified according to the system of Bentham 
and Hooker's " Genera Plantarum." The plants of the British 
Isles form a small separate collection. The important herbarium 
of Sir Hans Sloane is kept distinct in its original form, the 
plants being pasted on the pages of 333 large folios. There are 
other ancient herbaria of i^reat historic and scientific interest, 
as well as an excellent working library and a collection of figures 
of plants. The Herbarium of Vascular Cryptogams and Cellular 
Plants (Mosses, Liverworts, Algae, Lichens, and Fungi) is in a 
separate room entered from the head of the great staircase. 
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