BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 445 
Colenso, 874. 891. 
19. Griffithsia setacea, Ag. 
Colenso, 633, 
20. Ptilota formosissima, Mont. 
Colenso, 632. 638. 875. 889. 
21. Ceramium virgatum, Hook. fil. and Harv. (n.sp.) Filis stric- 
tissimis virgatis indivisis ramosisve ramis similibus, ramulis 
dichotome multifidis appressis axillis, angustissimis apicibus 
incurvis, articulis concoloribus glabris ramorum diametro 
equalibus ramulorum brevissimis, favellis subterminalibus 
involucro polyphyllo suffultis. 
Parasitical on Carp. Maschalocarpus, Colenso, 881. The 
. exceeding straightness of the stem and branches, and the 
appressed ramuli, well distinguish this species. 
HERBARIUM and LIBRARY of the late Dn. Tuomas TAYLOR. 
The Herbarium comprises 8138 sheets (the number of species 
being something less) with an average of 4 specimens on each 
sheet, and for the convenience of purchasers it will be disposed of 
in families ; viz.— 
Filices (= 123 sheets.) 
Musei (= 2306 sh.) 
Hepatice (= 2168 sh.) 
Musci and Hepatice, wnarranged, (= 332 sh.) 
Lichenes (= 2251 sh.) 
Alga (= 681 sh.) 
Fungi (= 277 sh.) 
The Musei, Hepatice and Lichenes are mounted on sheets 95 by 
6 inches. They include nearly every known species, with several 
hitherto unpublished, and are rich in contributions from the most 
celebrated cryptogamists and travellers of the present century; 
besides comprising original specimens of the species described by 
their late eminent possessor in the Muscologia Britannica, Flora 
Hibernica, Flora Antarctica, &e. The 4/7 contain an interest- 
ing collection made by the late Miss Hutchins. The whole is 
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