HITCHCOCK AND CHASE—NORTH AMERICAN PANICUM. 3 
Brussets. The herbarium of the Jardin Botanique de |’Etat 
contains some of Fournier’s types, especially those based on the 
collection of Galeotti from Mexico. ot 
CopENHAGEN. The herbarium is at the Universitets Botaniska 
Have, or Botanical Garden of the University. Of especial importance 
is the large collection of Liebmann plants from Mexico. 
Frorrence. At the herbarium of the Orto Botanico are many types 
of Poiret in the Desfontaines Herbarium. There are also many 
duplicate types of Desvaux and Lamarck and a good collection of 
Bose’s Carolina plants. 
GeneEvA. There are three large herbaria here. The Conserva- 
toire et Jardin Botaniques contain the Delessert Herbarium. The 
De Candolle Herbarium, in the city of Geneva, and the herbarium of 
William Barbey, known as the Boissier Herbarium, at Chambésy, a 
suburb, are both private. There is also a smaller herbarium at the 
Institut de Botanique de |’ Université. 
GOrTIncEN. Of chief interest to American botanists is the Grise- 
bach Herbarium, at the Botanischer Garten der Universitit. 
Hattie. Prof. Carl Mez has been engaged for several years upon a 
revision of the Paniceae for Engler’s Pflanzenreich. He has bor- 
rowed the grasses of this group from several of the larger European 
herbaria. These collections were examined at Halle through the 
courtesy of Doctor Mez. 
Lonpon. The rich collections of this city are grouped at three 
places. The largest collection is at the Royal Botanic Gardens at 
Kew, a suburb of London. This contains many types of species 
described by Pursh. The herbarium of the British Museum of 
Natural History, at South Kensington, contains, aside from the 
general collection in which is the Gronovius Herbarium and many 
authentic specimens from Raddi, Rudge, and others, certain segre- 
gated herbaria, two of which are the Sloane Herbarium and a small 
collection of Walter’s plants. The Linnean Herbarium is at the 
rooms of the Linnean Society of London. 
Maprip. The herbarium at the Jardin Botanico contains the types 
of Cavanilles and Lagasca. % 6 old ty Prusrscbo UL. by N nobhee 
Mounicu. The herbarium at the Kénigliches Botanisches Museum 
contains the collections of Martius from Brazil*the grasses of which 
were described by Nees von Esenbeck in his Agrostographia Brasil- 
iensis and by Doell in Martius’s Flora Brasiliensis. There are also 
duplicates from Swartz and Lagasca. 
Papua. At the Orto Botanico is an important collection made 
by Bose in Carolina. These plants were obtained mostly in the 
vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North 
Carolina? /° ¢ 
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