2 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM 
incorporated in the general herbarium, and the. Muhlenberg Herba- 
rium and the Short Herbarium segregated. 
Sr. Lours. The herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden. This 
contains the Bernhardi Herbarium and the Engelmann Herbarium: 
incorporated in the general herbarium. 
WasHineton. The United States National Herbarium in the 
National Museum. 
Besides the above many smaller collections were examined, about 
45 in all, from the herbaria of educational institutions and from pri- 
vate individuals, among which may be mentioned the following: 
~The Elliott Herbarium at the Charleston Museum, Charleston, 
South Carolina, containing the types of species described in Elliott’ Si 
Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia. omen ig 
The Parry Herbarium, at the lowa State College, Ames, Iowa. "2. 
The Gattinger “Sleniyaratnecn, at the University of ete eases, Knox- 
ville, Tennessee. 
The private herbarium of Mr. W. W. Ashe, Forest Service, Wash- 
ington, D. C., containing the types of many species described by him 
in the J pone of the Elisha Mitchell Society. For several years this 
herbarium has been in storage and not easily accessible. Mr. Ashe 
kindly loaned a portion of the collection of Panicum in December, 
1905. A second portion was sent in February, 1908. Certain of Mr. 
Ashe’s type specimens were not included in either of those loans, but 
they may become accessible at some future time. These are men- 
tioned under the appropriate species. 
The private herbarium of Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner, which was 
partially destroyed by fire in 1894. The remaining portion, consisting 
of the Paniceae, Poa, and a part of the Agrostideae, together with 
subsequent additions, was purchased by A. 8. Hitchcock in 1905 and 
is now at the United States Department of Agriculture. - USN Yel 1413 
_The Mohr Herbarium, now at the United States National Herba- 
rium. 
We have been unable to locate the types of Rafinesque or of 
Alphonso Wood. 
is EUROPEAN HERBARIA examen hy Webel h 
Antwerp. The herbarium of the late Doctor Van Huerck contains 
a good set of the plants collected by Salzmann in Bahia, Brazil. 
ATTERSEE. Here is the large and important private herbarium 
of the eminent Austrian agrostologist, Dr. Eduard Hackel, formerly 
of St. Pélten, later of Graz. 
Beruwn. The herbarium is at the K6niglicher Botanischer 
Garten, which is located at Dahlem-Steglitz, a suburb. The Willde- 
sont ir beudtmn fe kept apart. AS it. 1% c 
