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specimens of which the editor may have obtained many of the wood- 
cuts; but of this herbarium, left by Marcgrav, no trace has been found, 
either in the Netherlands or in Germany*. 
* A strong, though not accurate recollection, of having seen the herbarium, nearly 
half a century ago, at the library of the Royal Botanic Garden at Copenhagen, 
induced me to apply on the subject to my mach-valued friend Professor Lieb- 
mann, who immediately and with his accustomed liberality favoured me with the 
following interesting particulars. ‘“ Maregrav's herbarium consists of one folio 
volume, and as such forms an entry in the old garden catalogue. It has 
King Frederick the Third’s cypher on the title-page, thus:— 
and was consequently his private property until, on his death, it became 
the property of the Garden. It is in perfect preservation, not having suf- 
fered in the smallest degree from insects: which must be attributed to the 
specimens being firmly and completely glued to the sheets. They are 
however, in part, very incomplete, being leafless branches, or leaves only; but the 
majority are easily determinable. All the remarks in Joannes de Laet’s edition 
of Maregrav and Piso’s Historia Nat. Brasilia, relating to the figures being taken 
from the plants in Marcgrav’s herbarium, are entirely confirmed by the herbarium 
itself; the figures being executed from the originals contained in it. This circum- 
stance imparts to this small collection its chief importance; since, in most cases, it 
would not have been possible to determine with certainty, without consulting the 
— those plants which admit of being recognized by the figures and descrip- 
ions alone. 
“The title of the collection is Herbarium vivum Brasiliense plantarum et fructuum ` 
4 viro clarissimo Domino Georgio Marcgravio de Liebstad Misnic. German, in Bra- 
siliana insula singulari studio collectarum et observatarum. The volume consists 
of 173 folio leaves. With the view of giving some idea of the contents of the her- 
barium, I have made the following rapid list of the genera :— 
n. 2 Mimosa sensitiva 30 Conocarpus 58 Tamarindus 
3 Melastoma 31 Hibiscus 59 Physalis 
4 Manihot Aipi 32 Clusiacea 60 Sida ? 
5 pinna Cocos nucifere 33 Amarantus 61 Physalis 
6 fol. Ananassm sative 34 Artanthe 62 Jussieua 
1 Guilandina Bonduc 36 Crotalaria 63 Solanum 
8 Mimosa 87 Guazuma 64 Cardiospermum 
9 Passiflora 38 Ditto 65 Ditto 
10 Chrysobalanus Ieaco 39 Psychotria 66 Scoparia 
11 Ditto, ditto 40 Bumelia 67 Nyctaginea 
14 Tournefortia 4] Sloanea 68 Ditto 
18 Baccharis 42 Solanea 69 Indigofera 
16 Solanum 43 Inga 70 Hirtella — 
17 Alternanthera 44 Carica 71 Cassia 
18 Epidendrum 45 Ruellia ? 72 Capraria 
19 Inga 46 Melastoma 73 Lomaria 
21 Lastrea 48 Clusiacea 74 Euphorbia 
23 49 Mimosa 15 Ocymum 
25 51 d " Cassia 
25 Melastoma 51 Combretum 
26 Pontederia 54 Cucumis 80 Eriocaulon 
27 Ditto 55 Spigelia 81 Cissampelos 
28 Conocarpus 56 Cucurbita 83 Portulaca 
29 Dorstenia 57 Abrus 84 Serjana 
