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Foraminifera , and Fossil Plants. 
Foramini- 
fera. 
Wall-case, 
No. 9. 
Table-case, 
No. 16. 
In Wall-case No. 9 is placed a series of models prepared by 
M. Alcide d’Orbigny, illustrative of the various forms of Fora- 
minifera ; also a set prepared by Drs. Reuss and Fritsch to 
illustrate Reuss’s classification of this group. 
The British series of Foraminifera are arranged in Table- 
case No. 16 and the Foreign series in Wall-case No. 9. 
PLANTS. 
Plant*. 
Gallery, 
No. 10. 
Wall-cases, 
Nos. 10 to 18. 
Table-cases, 
Nos. 17 to 32. 
This group occupies the whole Eastern side of Gallery 
No. 10. The British specimens are arranged in Table-cases 
Nos. 17-32. The Foreign ones on the sloping shelf of Wall- 
cases Nos. 10-18 ; the larger specimens, both British and 
Foreign, are arranged on the horizontal shelves of the Wall- 
cases. The Plant series commences at the North end with the 
Post-Tertiary and Tertiary specimens ; among the former may 
be mentioned the fine masses of Chara incrusted with carbonate 
of lime from Northamptonshire, and some very finely preserved 
leaves in tufa, or travertin, from Weimar; whilst among the 
Tertiary are many beautiful examples of leaves from the 
Bagshot beds of Bournemouth and Alum Bay. Among these 
is a palm-leaf more than a yard in length, referred to the genus 
Iriartea. There is an interesting series of fruits and seeds from 
the London Clay of Sheppey, collected and described by the 
late Dr. Bowerbank. The Eocene beds of Ardtun, in Mull, are 
represented by numerous slabs and specimens of leaves both of 
Plane-trees and Ferns, in fine preservation (see slab in glazed 
case between Wall-cases Nos. 11 and 12, containing leaves of 
Plcitanus aceroide s. 
The Miocene flora of Greenland is well represented by many 
fine specimens collected by Mr. Edw. Whymper, and described 
by the late Prof. O. Heer ; and attention is also directed to 
the extensive series of Miocene and Eocene plant remains from 
Continental localities (chiefly in Austria), collected and named 
by Baron von Ettingshausen. The Cretaceous plants are 
illustrated by many interesting forms, such as the peculiar 
Chondrites from the Upper Greensand beds of Bignor, Sussex; 
the collection is also rich in Clathrarian stems, many of which 
have been collected and described by Mantell. 
A fine series of Ferns, Conifers, and Cycads, from the 
Wealdenof Hastings, has lately been acquired from the collector, 
Mr. P. Ruff or d. It contains many new forms and some fine 
examples of the Cycadaceous leaves and fruit of Zamia ( William- 
