X PR/KFATIO. 



jiiti|irin' .>3ii;uiul)aiil , t(ii;iii(|()(jiic cl llaiveyi sunkMiliiC libciiter 

 jicrcdcns. 



Si quii?riimis iiinK^ iiiiiiicro «•oiiipicliciKlcrc plantas ccUu- 

 liircs, (|n;is jxT lioc viccniiiiiiii jmhliciivi, in niilic et sexcentas 

 s|>cci(\s circilcr ocloginlaiinc gcncni, (|iiindcciinani scilicct om- 

 niiini cclliil;iriiim iiiiciis^jnc cognil;iriini jt;n'tcm , ciirn niime- 

 riiin aiiirc constal, iic dc ;iliis vicenis gcncriljiis ob cliaracteres 

 li;iii(l salis lirinos prorsus dcreli(;tis, quae et reslauravi confir- 

 iii;i\i(jiic, incnlioncin inovcani. liicc ferc omnia genera et vix 

 mimis qiiing-cntiC cl (jniiKjnaginta species in variis citatis iibris 

 vcl ;i mc dciincatic vcl a pictoribus rcriini natnniliiini jtriiecla- 

 rissiinis, iiiocrciix cl V;iill;iiil, c\ nicis adunibralioniltiis mirnm 

 iii modnm dejnctix', dcin i;erc incisLC ct cum coloribns ul jtliiri- 

 niiini iinprcssfe liicrunt. 



Tol cl liinlic slirjics, (jiinrum invcntio cultoribus scicntiae 

 nmaiiiiis qnanijtiuribus siniiii cl innltis jicrcgrinatoribns tam 

 nostralibiis (iikuii cxlcris inaximc dcbctur, inniliitiicem , nl 

 ojtlinic (jiiisquis pcrspicere potcst, originem ducunt. 



Omi.ssis igitiir consuito, pnc nimio invcstigatorum numero, 

 illis iii (i;illi;i nostra dctcctis , jilcr^c^jne alia^, cxlra Kiirojjam 

 colicctic liicnint. Scgclcs cnim cryptoganiarum ;imjilissimas 

 niiiii iiiimanissimc liirgiti snnt, c\ Hisjianiii ;iiislr;iii, B;irker 

 Wciiii , jtidii (loi(tr! vir cximiis [luicbrisijiic virtiililiiis (trn;(- 

 lus, iiiim;itm;i cl imjirovisa mortc sciciitiic, (iinim lanla colcbat 

 prseslanlia cl ;iiiiicitiic nostric crcptus; cx insuiis Canariis, 

 Wcljb, Bcrthcldl , Dcspn^anx , Boiirgcaii cl Boiic; cx Alrica 

 sciitciilri(iii;iii, imcscrtim cx Algcria, Diirii^n (]c Maisomieuve, 

 Dcsiiaycs, (loiigcl , (iiiydiK Bory, Slcinlicil, .Monard IValrcs ct 

 Rdiisscl; c Scncgainbi;!, Lcjtriciir ct l'crrollcl; cx iiisiilis (ior- 

 goncis, viilgo dii cap Vcrl diclis, Lcjiricur, l^oiic; cx insnla 

 (ialcg;i, Aiigiislc J.cdiic; c\ Alric;! iiicridi(iii;ili , INtrl-Natal 

 fMitjUci , DiTgc:c m;ii'i Hiibro, Bovi', Evcikh' DiijkiiiI. W 1,;iI- 

 Icinand, Arnaiid cl V;iysicrc; cx imperio Sincnsi, (jaudicbaud 



