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(List - No. 3)
The specimens belonging to the Botanical & Horticultural Department,
ready to send to The U. States, are packed in five Tin Cases; each
enclosed in a wooden Box.
No. 1. Contains 677 Specimens of plants collected on the Island of Madacera.
500 do " do "
300 do " do "
200 do " do "
100 do " do "
No. 2. Contains 320 do
280 do " do " Island of M. Sapo.
100 do " do " in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro.
No. 3. Contains 600 do
530 do " do " Plants from the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro.
20 do " do " Collected on the Organ Mountain.
17 do " do " Coralline & Hydrophytes from M. Atlantic.
20 do " do " Hydrophytes collected at Madacera.
No. 4. Contains 50 do
43 do " do " Papers of Lichens from the Island of Madacera.
17 do " do " Island of M. Sapo.
No. 5. Contains 53 do
43 do " do " Vicinity of Rio de Janeiro.
10 do " do " Also, Dry roots of Gesneriaceae, Primulaceae, Cattleya, Orchidaceae, Begonia etc. from the Organ Mountains. Cactus & Vanilla aromatica, etc. etc.
Total number of Specimens from Madacera - 100
do from M. Sapo - 320
do from vicinity of Rio de Janeiro - 800
do from Organ Mountains - 530
Total 2661
The specimens are packed in bundles, and the labels where they were collected written on the cover; also the number of specimens in each bundle. The seeds are all marked and the locality given.