Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 84. (Budapest 1992)

Szujkó-Lacza, J.: Botanical legacy of Lajos Haynald (1816-1891) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum

THEODOR KOTSCHY (1813-1866) was a traveller botanist (for his detailed excursions, see GOMBOCZ 1936). KOTSCHY'S collection contained numerous new species (type specimens were described by H. W. SCHOTT and himself), and a Quercus collection with drawings. The next big collection purchased by HAYNALD was the herbarium of the two SCHOTTS. H. SCHOTT (1759-1819) was the head gardener of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. H. W. SCHOTT (1794-1865), his son, collected the Brasilian flora for five years. Both SCHOTTS were in exchange connection with the remarkable contemporary florists. So, their herbarium reflects the cross-section of the European herbaria (BUNKE 1988). HAYNALD bought the SCHOTTS' herbarium - except the Araceae - and their botanical library too (SZUJKÓ-LACZA 1975). The content of this herbaria served as a source of new taxa, revision of different genera, etc. (PARNELL 1988, PARNELL & SZUJKÓ-LACZA 1987). LOUIS SODIRO (1836-1909) was one of the first collectors of the Ecuadorian flora in the last century. The main part of his collection was bought also by HAYNALD. The "Flora of Equador" was published in small volumes continuously (HARLING & SPARRE 1973-1986, HARLING & ANDERSON 1986-1991) and data of SODIRO'S collection have been used for these volumes, from 1973. HAYNALD was not only a great collector and purchasing person, his exchange connections were also extended. He enriched his herbaria e.g. from Herb. Mus. Paris, from Melbourne (Australia) and from other institutions. There are two curiosity sheets in the Herbaria Haynaldiana. The species name was written on the labels by Linné. The sheets were donated as a present to HAYNALD by SWEDISH diplomat de Burentstam. On the sheets we find "Determinavit et nomen adscripsit immortalis Carolus Linnaeus. Dono accepi ab Equité de Burentstam Sueco Ministro plenipot sR. Lud. Haynald." The first information about these sheets was published by ISTVÁNFFI (1894). Summing up we can agree with KANITZ (1889): the Herbaria Haynaldiana is one of the most important private collections in Europe in this manner. There are more than one million herbarium sheets in the Botancal Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, and almost 10% out of these originated from the Herbaria Haynaldiana. JOURNEYS OF HAYNALD HAYNALD was in contact with the botanists of Transylvania e.g. S. BRASSAI, A CZETZ, M. Fuss, J. HEUFFEL, V. JANKA, A KANITZ, and collected plants together with almost all of them. (HAYNALD supported the edition of the HEUFFEL (1858) Enumeratio... and Fuss (1866) Flora Transsilvaniae...) The bishop went to Rome in 1959, through Trieste, Venezia, Milano, Torino, Genova, Messina, Catania, Sirakusa, Palermo, Neaples. He met among others A TODARO, G. GUSSONE, R. VISIANI, and first of all F. PARIATORE. The friendly relationship between the well-known Italian botanist PARIATORE and HAYNALD lasted until the death of the famous Italian botanist. L. HAYNALD was the vice-president of the noteworthy International Botanical Congress of Firenze in 1874. AnnlshisL-naL Mus. nam. hung., 84,1992