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CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A FLORA OF 
SOUTH AMERICA AND THE ISLANDS OF 
THE PACIFIC. By W. J. Hooker, LL.D. anD 
G. A. W. Anuorr, Eso. A. M. F. R. S. E. 
Uxpzn this title it is our intention to describe a very consi- 
derable collection of plants, from. certain portions of South 
America, existing in our Herbaria and derived from various 
sources, "This memoir was, in the first instance, undertaken 
with the view of making known to botanists the vegetable 
treasures brought home by Mr. Cuming from different 
places, principally from Peru and Chili, and some of the 
islands of the South Seas, and which alone constitute an her- 
barium of nearly 1400 species, collected and preserved in the 
most careful manner, and distributed with such numbers 
attached to them, as we have retained in the following list. 
But as we had received many of the same plants from other 
sources: for instance, those of Chili from Mrs. Maria Graham 
(now Mrs. Callcott), from our valued friends Alexander 
. Cruckshanks, Esq. and Dr. Gillies, Messrs. Lay and Collie, 
the naturalists in Captain Beechey’s expedition,* from Mr. 
Bridges and Mr. Mathews, two excellent collectors, who are 
still engaged in the same pursuit, the former in Chili, the latter 
in Peru; from the Horticultural Society, and from Professor 
Lindley, chiefly gathered by the collector, Mr. Macrae;—those 
of Peru from Mr. Cruckshanks and Mr. Mathews ;—those of 
Juan Fernandez from Mrs. Graham, Mr. Douglas, and Dr. 
Scouler ;—and those from the islands of the Pacific from the 
venerable Menzies, Messrs. Lay and Collie, and Mr. Ma- 
thews, —we gladly embrace the opportunity thus afforded us 
of noticing the whole of them together. We should certainly 
have confined our attention to the. vegetable productions of - 
the western side of the Andes. were it not for the circumstance 
that Dr. Gillies, whose residence was for many years at 
_* The plants collected by these gentlemen are in course of publication, under the 
title of “ Botany of Captain Beechey’s Voyage, by Messrs, Hooker and Arnott.” 
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