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Browne, author of the Natural History of Jamaica, gave all the plants he had found in Ireland, but
chiefly in the Counties of Mayo and Galway, He also presented to Mr. Lambert, a MS. Flora Hibemica,
which is now in the possession of the Linnean Society, and likewise a Flora Indies Occidentalism which he had
begun. It formed a thin quarto volume. This last Mr. Lambert presented to the President of the
Linnean Society, Sir James Edward Smith.
Masson gave duplicates of most of the plants collected by him in Southern Africa, and other parts.
I he entire Herbarium of George Forster collected during Cook’s circumnavigation, and from which he
published his Florida of South Sea plants.— This choice collection was purchased of his father-in-
law, Professor Heyneof Gottingen.
Fiom M. De Ponthieu, who was some years collecting plants in the West India Islands, and who is so
often quoted in Swartz’s Flora Ind. Occident., was purchased a rich collection of specimens, and his library of
Botanical Books full of MS. notes on the plants of those islands.
I lom Mr. Forsyth of Kensington, a large collection of specimens sent him by Mr. Alexander Anderson, of
St. Y incent s, and a few from Cayenne. Mr. Anderson also, who was Curator of the Botanic Garden at
St. Y incent for -30 years, sent Mr. Lambert many fine specimens, and at his death left him his drawings of
plants cultivated in that garden. These drawings are now in the possession of the Linnean Society.
Many fine specimens, and some living plants from Dr. Dancer of Jamaica, and Mr. Brown, a surgeon
there. Also the whole of Dr. Dancer’s Herbarium purchased of his widow after his death.
Several hundred living plants brought home by Lord Seaforth, on his return from his government of
Bai badoes, and presented to Mr. Lambert: many of these flowered in the stove at Boyton, and were
added to the Herbarium.
Many specimens purchased of Mr. YV. Fraser, of Chelsea, who had been several times to America in
search of rare plants.
Mons. Broussonet, French Consul at Teneriffe, and well known for his work on Fishes, gave a choice
collection of specimens, made during his stay in that Island.
Mons. Durand, an intimate friend of Broussonet, who resided several years at Gibraltar and Algiers to
collect plants, sent specimens of all he was able to find: these were well preserved, and many of them
new. Several are described and figured in Desfontaines’ Flora Atlantica.
A very large Herbarium of plants growing in New South Wales, purchased of Dr. White, author
of an account of that colony, and who resided there seven years. This was divided with Sir J. E.
Smith,
Governor Phillip contributed the duplicates of his collection in New South Wales; with many inter-
esting specimens from New Zealand.
Mons. Labillardiere presented some specimens found in Van Diemen’s Land, and many duplicates of
his New Holland plants, collected during the voyage in search of La Perouse.
The celebrated Professor Cavanilles sent many specimens of Spanish plants, and a collection from
South America; with a large parcel of seeds from the Royal Gardens at Madrid.
20. Sir G. L. Staunton gave duplicates of all the specimens collected during the Embassy to China.
These included many very interesting plants: many of those of Osbeck; and many collected at
Rio Janeiro, St. Jago, Teneriffe, Madrid, St. Helena, &c.
21. Mr. Archibald Menzies, who circumnavigated the globe with Capt. Vancouver in search of plants,
presented duplicates of a great part of the specimens collected in that voyage. Among them are
some very interesting plants from the neighbourhood of Cape Horn.
22. A very considerable Herbarium, part of that superb collection of Natural History which was consigned,
by order of the French Government, from Cayenne to the National Museum at Paris, and captured
by two British privateers in 1803. Of this one half was purchased by Mr. Lambert, containing
several duplicates of each species in the whole collection.
23. The very extensive Herbarium of the celebrated Professor Pallas collected in the various provinces of
the Russian empire, which was purchased at Petersburgh during the tyrannical reign of Paul I. by Mr.
Cripps, companion of the late Dr. Clarke, and by him resold to Mr. Lambert. This collection contains
a great number of species yet undescribed: also all the plants figured in Gmelin’s Flora Siberica, and
the identical specimens from which the figures in Flora Rossica were taken. Some of the genera, as
Astragalus, Onosma, Saxifraga, Pedicularis, and Potentilla, are very rich in species. The genus Astragalus
contains fine specimens with several duplicates of each of the species described and figured in
Pallas’s Monograph. This Herbarium contains all the specimens collected by the Assistant and Pupils
of the Professor, in their Travels through the different provinces of the Russian Empire: those collected by
Gmelin, Georgi, Steller, by Dr. Merk in Billing’s Expedition, and by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, in the
Northern Provinces of Persia. It likewise comprises numerous specimens from Thunberg, the late Sir
Joseph Banks, and other distinguished Naturalists; and a duplicate collection of the plants gathered by
George Forster in “ Cook’s Second Voyage,” which even contains many finer specimens than those in his
own Herbarium also in Mr. Lambert s possession.
24. Dr. Roxburgh enriched this Herbarium with numerous large collections, made in continental India, and
in Banda, Amboyna, and other islands of the Indian Archipelago. These amounted to several thousand
species; and among them were several species of the Nutmeg. Dr. Roxburgh likewise sent all the specimens
and seeds collected by him at the Cape of Good Hope, where he resided a twelvemonth.
25. Mr. John Roxburgh, who resided at the Cape four or five years for the purpose of collecting plants, sent
also several very large collections of specimens, well preserved, and particularly rich in the genera Erica,
Prunia, Diosma, Phylica, Borbonia, Hermannia, Aspalathus, Mahernia, §c.
2t). Dr. Adam Afzelius, a distinguished naturalist, and now Demonstrator of Botany in the University of Upsal,
divided with Mr. Lambert an ample collection of specimens made during several years residence in the
British settlement of Sierra Leone.
27. From Governor King was received a fine collection of New Holland specimens.
28. From Mr. Caley was purchased part of the extensive Herbarium formed by him during several years
residence in new Holland. This was a valuable addition, many genera as Daviesia, Gnaphahum, Pullencea,
Pleurandra, Hibbertia, &c. being particularly rich: the genus Eucalyptus alone contains upwards of 50
species.
29. Dr. Francis Hamilton, (formerly Buchanan,) so justly celebrated as a traveller and naturalist, liberally pre-
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