A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Herbarium, “a collection of dried plants systematically arranged” (Lindley); “a collection of dried plants, formerly styled a ‘hortus siccus’ [a dry garden] (Jackson); (fungi) “a collection of dried plants or fungi arranged systematically” (S&D): herbarium,-ii (s.n.II) abl. sing. herbario [> L. a collection of dried plants, an herbarium (Cassiodorus) (Lewis & Short); cf. exsiccate,-ae (s.f.I), exsiccatum,-i (s.n.II), hortus,-i (s.m.II);

NOTE: Josephi Pitton de Tournefort: "the word "herbarium" ... seems to have been an invention of Tournefort; previously herbaria had been called by a variety of names, such as Hortus siccus.” After Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 106. [> Wikipedia: “Joseph Pitton de Tournefort” March 12, 2023]

NOTE: abbrev. = hb., q.v.; also herb., q.v.

Fungarium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. fungario: a herbarium the specializing in preserving specimens of fungi.

Xylarium,-ii (s.n.II), abl.sg. Xylario: a herbarium that specializes in preserving specimens of wood.

Hortorium: a herbarium that specializes in preserving material of horticultural origin.

- hortus siccus (adj.A), herbarium (‘dried garden’);

- Adami Buddleji Hortus Siccus Plantarum Angliæ, quo continetur curiosa Muscorum collectio (Dill.), the Herbarium of the Plants of England of Adam Buddle [Adamus Buddlejus], in which is contained a thorough collection of mosses.

NOTE: Buddle’s work is often abbreviated as Hort. Sicc. in texts, such as that of Dillenius.

- specimen ex Herb. Linnei (Swartz), the specimen from the herbarium of Linneus.

- floribus & fructu in herbario Linnaeano visis (Swartz), with the flowers and a fruit seen in the Linnaean herbarium.

- herbarium normale, standard herbarium, sometimes used of a series of authentic specimens, such as an exsiccat.

- hortus (s.m.II) siccus (adj.A), herbarium (dried garden).

- ex Herbario Musei Britannici, from the Herbarium of the British Museum (Stearn).

- revisio lichenum in herbario Linnaei asservatorum, revision of lichens in herbarium of Linnaeus preserved (Stearn).

- synonymia muscorum Herbarii Linnaeani, synonymy of mosses of Linnaean Herbarium (Stearn).

- in herbario privato deposita, in a private (or personal) herbarium deposited.

- genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita, genera of plants defined according to specimens primarily preserved in the herbaria at Kew.

- ex herbariis et schedis Candollianis propriisque digestum a J. E. Duby, arranged by J. E. Duby from the Candollian herbaria and labels and from his own.

- [Mucor herbariorum ‘of herbaria;’ fungus] extra herbaria etiam panis indurati mucidorumque lignorum incolam passim vidimus (S&A), beyond [i.e. in addition to] herbaria we saw it everywhere an inhabitant of hardened [i.e. stale] bread and musty wood.

Theca,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., in words such as "Bryotheca" the idea of a ‘cabinet’ of curiosities may be implied; in the case of botany, a bryotheca is a moss 'herbarium', a moss cabinet collection.

- bibliotheca,-ae (s.f.I): library, collection, list or catalogue of books.

- used of various exsiccatae: Bryotheca Braziliensis, Hepaticotheca Polonica.