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Herbarium contains about 500 species collected by Spe- 

 gazzini and Balansa in South America, and 200 or more 

 from Messrs. Patouillard and Gaillard, collected by the- 

 latter in the Orinoco country and Venezuela. 



Important collections have also been sent from Sierra 

 Leone, on the west coast of Africa, by the Rev. J. Augustus 

 Cole. Many valuable specimens, especially of the larger 

 fungi, from various parts of the world, mostly from India 

 and Australia, have been received from Dr. M. C. Cooke, of 

 London. All this material, together with the extensive 

 collections made around Newfield, New Jersey, is arranged 

 in 150 quarto volumes of the same style as the North 

 American Fungi and in 100 tin cans and wooden boxes^ 

 the latter 12 x 10 x 6 inches, with hinges and clasps for 

 fastening ; the tin cans being 10 inches high and 8J inches 

 in diameter, with close-fitting covers, so as to make the 

 contents safe from the depredations of insects. Of the 

 regular exsiccati, the Herbarium contains : 



1. North American Fungi, 36 volumes or centuries ; 

 each volume containing 100 species of fungi, represented by 

 actual specimens, with printed labels giving name of fungus, 

 locality and host, with name of the collector. Besides the 

 specimens with printed label, this set contains duplicate 

 specimens of many of the species from different localities or 

 on different hosts, with many postal cards and letters from 

 various European and American mycologists, referring to 

 species whose authenticity may have been called in question. 



2. Eavenel's Fungi Americani, 800 species, edited by 

 Dr. M. C. Cooke. This collection is valuable, as furnishing 

 authentic specimens of the species described by Dr. Cooke. 



3. Ravenel's Fungi Caroliniani Exsiccati, 5 centuries 



