PREFACE* 
Tue collections from which the following catalogue was 
composed were formed in a hurried manner by different 
Botanists while on their way to more fertile regions, during 
the short stay made by the vessels in which they sailed, 
at one or the other of the Cape de Verd Islands. They were 
confided to me for publication by Dr. J. Dalton Hooker, 
9n account of the supposed affinity of the Flora of these 
islands to that of the Canarian Archipelago. They do not 
probably contain more than a small portion of the coast 
Vegetation, with a sprinkling of that of the neighbouring 
hills, to the height, in general, of less than 3000 feet. The 
mountains of the interior of the larger islands and the lofty 
Island of Fogo, supposed to attain nearly 8000 feet, still 
Temain unvisited, and are, botanically speaking, unknown. 
it may be added, as some palliation for possible errors 
in this list of names, that a portion of the materials 
Were in a state which almost defied the powers of the most 
intrepid nomenclator : those, for example, of the Sapotee, 
from which, through his intimate knowledge of the Order, 
- Decaisne was enabled to elicit a new species, contained 
* The Introduction to the following Florula of the Cape de Verd: 
"a ds, drawn up by the author of the je inel — aar 
re of the collections and the motives that ind "ss x einig 
his aid in this portion of the “Flora of the Niger Expedition.” We 
tender our sincere thanks for the generous manner in which 
he undertook the task, and for the extreme care he has devoted to 
accurate determination of the plants. The ability Mr. Webb has 
yed, and the classical polish with which the whole is ex 
Speak for themselves.—W. J. H. : 
