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158 BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. [Maij, 



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On Friday, the 7th March, 1862, a portion oi the extensive and valur? 

 able Herbarium, formed by the hite Cointe Alfred De Limmiiighe, of Brus- 

 sels, was sold by auction, by Mr;^ J.c'Gi'-jSfcevea»/^'at his great room, 38, 

 King Street, Covent Garden: — ,..„,,. „,, , ,, 'i 



Lot 2. A fine set of Lichens, coiiisisting of, several thousands of speoimenfi with 

 many duplicates, £2. 4s. 



7. Extensive coliection of Gramineae and Cyperaceae, nearly two thousaiid'idxkitf^ 

 pies, most of theia named, £2. 2s. i-iGf) 



15. Syria and Palestine plants, a fine set, the specimens good and in excellent: 

 preservation, all named and localized, at least 250 species, oiie thick pai-cel, £2. 12s,, 



17. Plants of the Rhine, a fine series of flowering plants, well preserved and all 

 labelled, eleven parcels, aboxit 1000 species, £1. 10s. . , ' ', ' 



19. A general Herbarium of Flowering Plants, in tlih'ty-one portfolios. The sp^-'' 

 cinaens are in the best possible preservation, named and arranged in generic covers, a 

 reference being given with each genus and species to the volume, page, and jOii^Qb^jJ: 

 of De Candolle's ' Pi-odromus,' where described ; there are about GOOO specj,^Sj;,ri^ 

 in Endogens, and apparently quite exclusive of Crypt ogamise, £2. 10s. ,, "-^ 



22. Flora JBelgica, a mounted collection of from 1000 to 2000 speefes, altflbwe^lhl^ 

 plants, eleven parcels. This was a fine lot ; £2. 10s. ' {urm '.,■'' m'' 



23. A thick parcel of European Labiatse, all named, 14s. ' ' /''■:-i;ti'"i iC-l 

 24.* A collection of British Mosses and Hepaticse, neatly mejaifiite^, ^»^iB[^(Ji j^ptJr 



localized, 265 species, in five joortfolios, i9s. : ■ ,„-^-^' 



25. A most extensive set of Mosses, named and localized. This most valuable 

 collection, which contains many thousand specimens, is most liberally represented, 

 having numerous duplicates from difi'erent habitats, many of the specimens being 

 mounted, with which is incorporated numerous uncoloured plates, the whole c&oi- 

 tained in four boxes, £5. IDs. iuiudv- .,;■/ -lU" ui r.in'ihi yTiil i ut f/zj amorf 



26. A similar set of Lichens, several t|>py9an|dai in tl^^^p, boxef,' ^. 4^.4,.;,jp ,„^,r 



27. An immense and valuable collection of Fungi, comprehending a large portion 

 of the desci'ibed European plants of this difficult and important Order ; and so 

 numerous are the duplicates from various habitats that there must be above a mil- 

 lion specimens in all. They are almost all named, and habitats are by no means 

 unfrcquent ; and incorporated in the collection are sets from the highest authori- 

 ties. There are also a few plates distributed amongst the specimens which ajce 

 not mounted, but the whole are contained in twenty cases, demy size, and about 

 ten inches deep. It may be considered by fef 'th6 'finest and most extensive' c6fl^d- 

 tioneverofiered to the public; £20. ' ' ii VrfJ A-(\ .m!,'. .5>ll.'i \^)X< \<i tiohi 



28. An extensive and fine set of Charse, mostly laiamed, in one 'f^asej apparently' 

 several hundred specimens, £2. ,-■ ;i ■ , 'I'/I 



30. A fine and most extensive ^et of Algae, np-pied^ probably seyeral thous;^pd..,m 

 three boxes, £3. 155. . < 



31. Miscellaneous Cryptogamioe and a quahtity df 'waste paper, in box,' J^l'lSsl 

 3t. Tropical plants, includmg a set of Juglandaccaa, from Ceylon, Cochin China 



and Martinico, including a set of Juglaudaceae, collected by Wailich and J. Eraser, 



about 200 species, mostly named, three cases, lis, • , ,ir - ,'n fi; riv-v/. ■i[->i luo 



35. A long series of Em-opean Alpine plants, mostly flowering, nam^(l,and iQca- 



lized, propably little short of 2000 species, in five cases, £2. 4s. ' ' l , 



86. A collection of dried plants, from various parts of the world and frOua'AjAjSiii 

 Botanical Gardens, nearly all named, many with notes in the handwriting of the 

 late David Don, and Mr. A. B. Lambert (in whose herbarium they ibrmerly 

 were), in all about 150, fastened down on herbarium paj^er, in three bundles, lOs. 



87. Australia, 1780-1791, Many interesting notes upon the papers in which 

 these plants are preserved ; they (the plants) have been gatliered by some e^rlv 

 collector and very probably by Robert Brown himself, 3j. 6fZ. ' ,'''■ 



88. A small but very interesting collection of Cliaras, Potamogetons, Mynpp'hjJ- 

 lums, etc., endorsed " From St. John's Wood Farm, 1801," 3s. ' , ;' 



97. Three hundredExotic Ferns,from various countries and dhferent collectors,£2. 



98. Twelve Autograph Letters or memoranda of distinguished botanists, viz., Field- 



