CAPTAIN F. W. BEECHEY, B.N., F.R., & A.S., 



COMMANDER OF HER M. S. BLOSSOM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY OP HER M. S. SULPHUR, 



UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AND BY WHOSE ZEALOUS ENCOURAGEMENT, THE PLANTS DESCRIBED 

 IN THE PRESENT VOLUME WERE CHIEFLY COLLECTED, 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, 



WITH SENTIMENTS OF VERY HIGH REGARD AND ESTEEM, 



BY HIS FAITHFUL 



AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS, 



THE AUTHORS. 



Glasgow, \tt January, 1841. 



