VI PREFACE. 
translations of these Memoirs; but these the candid and liberal- 
minded reader will rather be inclined to pardon than condemn. 
If he has succeeded in giving the meaning of his authors, his 
chief wish will be attained. 
The Author has lately received an extensive Herbarium, con- 
taining nearly the whole of the plants collected by the celebrated 
authors of the Flora Peruviana, and their pupils, in Peru, Chili, 
and Mexico; the number of which amounts to five thousand seven 
hundred species. _ The specimens are in the highest state of pre- 
Natural Orders. 
. Cyperoidew, Suncez, et Graminee «. .... .. 939 
Labiatee ee oe oe fe S Pi A ita a Te te ee I30 
7 Ericine et Rhodoraceze scene ee Ss cai a 25 
. Composite -. 10 ge Ge oe te ah, Gem ne aay ee SE ORAS: 798 . 
Umbellifere .... .. TM ee ns or gs eee 48 
| Cruciferae ee mate cee | oe 
pT OOCEIS a aM sig 4, Oe OU! ae 168 
‘Leguminose Deu eS hat a Cares. Se ee oe te oe 500 
EMAC Ro recs pence ee ee TO > 
PEDROS. ER: isd ove R col ond ae ose 908 
