THE SIBTHORPIAN HERBARIUM AT OXFORD - GUIDELINES FOR ITS USE

The Sibthorpian Herbarium is a historical collection kept in the Field ing-Druce Herbarium, Oxford, comprising vascular and non-vascular plan ts formerly owned by J. Sibthorp. This paper deals with the c. 2700 sp ecimens of vascular plants, most of which originate from modem Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Italy, Bulgaria, and Rumania, having been collected b y J. Sibthorp, J. Hawkins, their assistants and an anonymous apothecar y in 1786-1798. Annotated in a fragmentary way, the Sibthorpian Herbar ium comprises several hundred specimens that typify names validated in J. E. Smith's Prodromus florae graecae. Recommendations for the inter pretation of the entries into this work and guidelines for the use of the Sibthorpian Herbarium are presented.