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myself, or should secure the co-operation of some qualified botanist in 

 England, who would undertake to have the specimens I should send 

 him, compared, when necessary, with authentic ones in the several 

 large herbariums in England and the Continent. The latter alternative 



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would be the preferable one on many accounts; and I hope I may 

 eventually obtain such assistance. In the meantime I take care to 

 publish in England any particularly interesting genera of plants I meet 

 with here, which I feel tolerably certain have not been previously de- 

 scribed by other botanists. 



The draughtsmen have been unceasingly employed in making draw- 

 ings ; and there is a good deal of improvement shown in their style of 

 doing so. I have written to England for information as to the easiest 

 method of lithographing ; for it has occurred to me that, when the 

 work on the flora of the island is in progress, it would be very desir- 

 able to have lithographed representations of the more interesting plants, 

 to illustrate it, executed by one of the draughtsmen ; and if this could 

 be done under my own inspection, it would be of considerable advan- 

 tage, since greater accuracy would thereby be secured, and the expense 

 of the work be much diminished. 



Upon the present occasion I feel it is not at all necessary for me to 

 make any apology or excuse for occupying so much of this Report with 

 matters of merely scientific interest ; for it is now pretty generally un- 

 derstood, amongst educated persons, how important a bearing pure 

 science has upon even the ordinary pursuits of life. I trust however 

 it may not give rise to an erroneous supposition, that in pursuing sci- 

 entific investigation, I am on that account, in the least degree, neglect- 

 ing what is of more direct and immediate advantage, and what it is 

 more particularly my duty to attend to in the position I occupy here. 



of Natural Families and Genera of 



of 



of 



* ■ 



Library, of the Royc 



R A NT XCULACE-ffi. Sp. 



Naravelia, DO. . . 1 



Clematis, L. ... 2 



Thalictrum, L. . . 1 



Anemone, Z. . . . 1 



Ranunculus, L. . . 2 Wormia, Rottb. . . 2 



DilleniacE^- Sp. 



Delima, L 1 



Tetracera, L. . . . 1 

 Acrotrema, Jack . .10 

 Schumacheria, Vahl . 4 



DlLLENIACE M, COM. Sp. 



Dillenia, L. . . . 1 



Magnouaceje. 

 .Michelia, L. . . . 1 



SCHIZANDRACH*. 



Kadsur*. Just. . . 1 



