MYCOLOGIA 



Vol. XIV MAY, 1922 No. 3 



RELIQUIAE FARLOWIANAE 



DISTRIBUTED FROM THE FARLOW HERBARIUM 

 OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY 



Roland Thaxter 



During a considerable period of years Dr. Farlow had been in 

 the habit of setting aside from time to time, with a view to distri- 

 bution for exchange, sets of New England Mosses, Hepatics, 

 Lichens, and especially Fungi, of which somewhat over six cen- 

 turies had accumulated at the time of his death. These had been 

 largely collected and determined by himself, although a consider- 

 able number were contributed by other persons, especially by Mr. 

 A. P. D. Piguet and Mr. A. B. Seymour. The Herbarium is now 

 sending these sets to various botanical establishments in this coun- 

 try and in Europe, for purposes of exchange, and it has seemed 

 desirable to publish this note concerning them as a matter of record 

 and for the reason that, in a few instances, the names employed 

 are new combinations or need some brief comment. 



Each set comprises sixty decades, of which the first forty-five 

 include only Fungi; while of those remaining, four decades are 

 Lichens, five are Hepaticae, and six Musci. A certain number of 

 additional specimens are also included in these sets, illustrating 

 variations in hosts, imperfect conditions, etc., so that in all, each 

 contains six hundred and ninety-three specimens. It may be men- 

 tioned in this connection that it is the intention of the Herbarium 

 to send out, as they become available, in decades or in fascicles, 

 further specimens, especially of the rarer Fungi, and including 

 exotic as well as American species. 



[Mycologia for March (14: 55-98) was issued April 12, 1922] 



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