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and sections of several species of Oycadece. The next two cases 
contain specimens of Tree-ferns, among which are a large stem 
of Dichsonia, clothed with aerial roots, from New Zealand, 
stems of species of Alsophila and Cycdhea from various tropical 
regions, and of Hemitelia from South Africa. 
Suspended over the centre cases is a fine specimen of the 
" "Wabo " Bamboo (Dendrocalamus Brandisii Munro) from 
Burmah, 81 feet long. At the further end of the gallery are 
specimens of a palm tree from Brazil, with a swollen stem 
(Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart.), and of the grass tree of 
Australia (Kingia australis E. Br.), and near them is placed a 
fine section of the White Pine of British Columbia (Abies 
grandis Lindl.). 
A collection of British Plants is exhibited in glazed frames British 
fastened by hinges to uprights, and placed in the corners of the Plallts, 
gallery. The classification 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 a complete series of the Mosses, and forms the 
beginning of the exhibition of Cellular Plants. Another stand 
in the gallery, in continuation of this series of British plants, 
contains drawings of the higher fungi by Mr. W. G. Smith. 
These plants could not be dried so as to give a fair idea of their 
form ; faithful coloured drawings have therefore been employed 
for this part of the series. 
The portion devoted to the use of the scientific student con- Herbarium, 
sists mainly of the great Herbarium of Vascular Plants. This 
is a collection of plants, fastened on single sheets of folio 
paper, representing, as 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 are systematically classified, beginning with the 
Ranunculacece, and going down to the Vascular Cryptogams. 
The Herbarium of Cellular Plants (Mosses, Liverworts, Algae, 
Lichens and Fungi) is in a separate room entering from the 
head of the staircase in the hall. 
