584 BOTANY OF THE AZORES: 
by two travellers who lived on shore, and who visited more 
and larger islands, their collections include many species 
which do not occur in mine. On the other hand, it seems 
that I have brought home many species which were not seen 
by the two travellers. Thus, neither the valuable work of 
Seubert, nor a list of the species in my own herbarium, 
taken apart, will afford a full catalogue of Azorean plants, so 
far as known. Accordingly, I now propose to make a nearer 
approximation to a complete Azorean Flora by here com- 
bining the two lists into one. The distinctions of the two 
collections may be easily kept up, by prefixing the Nos. 
from the Flora Azorica, within brackets (1), equally with 
the Nos. 1, 2, 3, &c., written on the labels distributed with 
my own specimens. Those species which appear to have 
been brought in one of the collections only, will be known 
by the substitution of a blank line, “—” or *(—)" in place 
of a No. 
In enumerating the species, it will be more convenient to 
adapt the arrangement to my own Nos. which begin with 
the Ranunculacee ; although they will not appear to have 
been placed in the best Natural Arrangement. Almost im- 
mediately on getting my specimens to England, I was applied 
to, for sets of them, by two eminent botanists, who were 
particularly interested in the productions of the Atlantic 
Islands. This induced me very hastily to put the almost 
unexamined specimens into something like a natural series, 
that the Nos. on the labels might correspond in each set, 
and follow in regular order. The interruptions to natural 
affinity which have arisen from this circumstance, are nof 
so great as to render any re-arrangement necessary. I had 
hoped to receive the opinions of both the botanists alluded 
to, in reference to several of the then undescribed or dubious 
species. From one of them, Dr. C. Lemann, I have ob- 
tained much valuable information, as also many illustrative. 
specimens gathered by him in Madeira. Unfortunately for 
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