A HERBARIUM OF LIBERATO SABBATI 149 
pombe on July 4, 1871, ee was transferred from the Depart- 
of MSS. to that of Bot 
gp ee the title-page of nen olin about one-third of the page 
has been roughly removed ; judging from the titles of some of his 
—_ herbaria, as printed in Malpighia, it would seem that the 
ame of the ee for whom it was prepared had been taken out. 
Tt runs as follows: 
CATALOGUS 
Plantarum juxta methodum Tournefortianam 
eleton Redactarum 
Genera complurima, nonnullasque Species 
Sexdecim prioribus Classibus depromptas Complectens 
{about one-third of sheet cut out] 
a 
Liberato Sabbati Chirurgie Professore 
Horti Romani Custode. 
Rom: Ann: MpccLxvil. 
The second volume bears on the page following the title the 
following dedication :— 
- Soarag a Vir 
Babes. sques Excellme. Tomos duos Simplicium eodem ordine, 
methodo, nications scilicet, paboraits, sed 
Be emq: diversa genera, diversasq: plantarum species 
complectentem, feunne si Tertius ater addatn universe 
plantarum species, que in Institutionibus R: H: Clarissimi 
Tournefortii oontintntt, complecti poterunt. Quanta patientia 
usus sim in hujus modi plantis exsiccandis, servandis, chartae 
adaptandis, atq: in congrua Volumina redigendis, tu ipse facile 
intelligis ; diligentia enim, et labor improbus pebeneen pro- 
fecto vicerunt ; sed u utrumque lubentissime amplexu s sum, ut 
voluntati ire inservire, tuumque patrocinium mihi possem 
comparare: quod ut obtineam, nihil intentatum relinquam, et 
meos augendo labores, et sollicitudines duplicando, meque tuis 
jussibus, Amplissime Vir, ex integro devovendo. Datum 
Rome Id: Septemb: mpccxixix. 
Peace Devotissimus, 
u it ee Ser vus 
atus Sas 
Following the title in vol. i. is a 7" 3 the initial yao rs 
quoted, with the abbreviations employed; this, like the names 
written under each specimen, is beautifully written in a 7 y 
large hand, all the capitals being in oe The planta follow 
the classification of Tournefort’s Institutiones ; each volume is 
arranged independently, hee with “Classis Prima: de 
