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In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks to the University 
Cambridge for a grant of £100 from the Worts Travelling 
Scholars! Fund, and to the Rev. Herbert Alston, M.A., who 
defrayed the further expenses of my visit to Ceylon; to Mr. J. 
C. Willis, M.A., Direetor of the Ceylon Botanie Gardens, under 
Whose advice I attempted this investigation, and to whom I am 
iudebted for much kind assistance; to Mr. W. Nock, Superin- 
tendent of the Hakgala Gardens, whose extensive knowledge of 
the up-country flora was of great assistance to me; to William 
de Alwis, Muhandirem, Draughtsman at the Peradeniya Her- 
barium, from whom I received much valuable and. kind help in 
the care and identification of my plants; to Mr. A. F. Broun, 
Conservator of Forests, who kindly allowed me to consult him, 
and from whom 1 received both information and literature, 
whieh eould not be readily obtained elsewhere; to Sir Joseph 
Hooker, who has kindly named my specimens of the grasses of 
the patanas; to Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., to whom I am indebted 
for the identification of the Cyperacez and for assistance with 
some other groups; to the staff of the Kew Herbarium, from 
whom I have received much kindly assistance; to Professor H. 
Marshall Ward, to whom I submitted the plan of this investiga- 
tion, and from whom I have received many valuable suggestions ; 
and to my friend Mr. I. H. Burkill, M.A., who has kindly advised 
me concerning several points that have arisen in the prosecution 
of this research since my return from Ceylon. 
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1. Wanursa, J. E. B.—Oekologische Pülanzengeographie. Germ. 
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SCHIMPER, A. F. W.—Pflanzen-Geographie. Jena, 1898, 
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3. SCHIMPER.— Loc. cit. p. 394. 
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