TENTH ROOM, 
VEGETABLES. 
In the Cases 1 to 6, and part of Case 24, are room x. 
deposited numerous specimens of vegetable prc » Nat. Hist. 
ductions: the following are the most remarkable : 
Various seeds and seed vessels, particularly cases 
that of the Nelumbo ; the root of an Asiatic fern, 
popularly called the vegetable lamb, from the 
rude resemblance it bears to a lamb when placed 
in an inverted position, as in the present spe¬ 
cimen ; cones of firs, &c. 
Various specimens of lagetto bark, See. 2. 
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. 
Various cocoa-nuts; a cactus melocactus; a 4„ 
top of a cabbage tree. 
Various specimens of woods; roots; worm- 5, 
-eaten wood. 
Morbid excrescences on trees, &c. 
Fruits of various kinds in spirits. 24, 
In the corner of the room between cases 6 and 
7> is a fine specimen, in spirits, of the fructifi¬ 
cation of a palm tree. 
ZOOPHYTES. 
