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In view of the setting up of the Herbarium Mediterraneum collections, the Herbarium Siculum of the Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche (PAL) has been inventoried. It consists of c. 38,000 mainly historical specimens and inc\udes V. Tineo's and A. Todaro's herbaria, along with collections made by 85 botanists in Sicily and on the surrounding islands, as tabulated here. Samples of characteristic hand-written labels are reproduced. Although 35 specialists can be listed who revised particular genera, a critical review of the whole collection is stili needed. A map of the more frequent1y visited collecting sites is provided.