16 Notices of European Herbaria. 
the well-filled shelves, are protected by pieces of binder’s board, 
and secured by a cord, which is the more necessary as the cases 
are not closed by doors or curtains. 
The royal Bavarian herbarium at Munich, is chiefly valuable 
for its Brazilian plants, with which it has been enriched by the 
laborious and learned Martius. ‘The North American botanist 
will, however, be interested in the herbarium of Schreber, which 
is here preserved, and comprises the authentic specimens descri- 
bed or figured in his work on the grasses, the American speci- 
mens mostly communicated by Muhlenberg. The Gramine of 
this and the general herbarium, have been revised by Nees von 
Esenbeck, and still later by Trinius. It was here that the latter, 
who for many years had devoted himself to the exclusive study 
of this tribe of plants, and had nearly finished the examination 
of the chief herbaria of the continent, preparatory to the publi- 
cation of a new Agrostographia, was suddenly struck with a pa- 
ralysis, which has probably brought his scientific labors to a close. | 
The imperial herbarium at Vienna, under the superintendence 
of the accomplished Endlicher, assisted by Dr. Fenzl, is rapidly 
becoming one of the most valuable and extensive collections in 
Europe. The various herbaria of which it is composed, have 
recently been incorporated into one, which is prepared nearly af- 
ter the English method. It however possesses few North Ameri- 
can plants, except a collection made by Enslin, (a collector sent 
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to this country by Prince Lichtenstein, from whom Pursh ob- — 
tained many specimens from the Southern States,) and some re- 
cent contributions by Hooker, &c. There is also an imperfect — 
set of the plants collected by Henke, (a portion of which are 
from Oregon and California,) so far as they are yet published in 
the Relique Henkeane of Presi, in whose custody, as curator 
of the Bohemian museum at Prague, the original collection re- 
mains. 
The herbarium of the late Prof. Sprengel, still remains in the 
possession of his son, Dr. Anthony Sprengel, at Halle, but is — 
offered for sale. It comprises many North American plants, 
communicated by Muhlenberg and Torrey. The herbarium of 
Schkuhr was bequeathed to the university of Wittemberg, and at — 
the union of this university with that of Halle, was transferred to — 
the latter, where it remains under the care of Prof. Von Schlech- — 
tendal. It contains a large portion of the Carices described and — 
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