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" in an enumeration with which each author will be supplied, and 

 " in the sequence there given. Should a genus be removed from the 

 " order in which it is placed in the works of De Candolle or Endlicher, 

 I* it is to be referred to under the order from which it is removed. 



" The form, size, type, paper, punctuation, &c, are to be uniform 

 " throughout the series, with that adopted for the first Flora, pub- 

 V lished under the above regulations ; Mr. Bentham's Flora of Hong- 

 " Kong. 



" A short compendium of Systematic and Descriptive Botany, in- 

 " eluding a Glossary of necessary technical terms, for the instruction 

 " of the Colonists, as well as for the guidance of the authors, will be 

 " issued with each Mora and be applicable to them all.* No tech- 

 " nical terms are to be employed in the Floras, but such as are 

 " contained in this Glossary, nor are they to be used in any other 

 " sense than what is there indicated. 



" On the completion of each Flora a brief introduction is to be ap- 

 " pended by the author, and to contain a full acknowledgment of the 

 " kind and amount of assistance received during its preparation ; an 

 " abstract of the labours of previous authors on that Flora ; a notice 

 " of the principal collectors who have explored the Colony, and of 

 " the parts of it most requiring further examination. 



" It will be at the option of each author, to add any general 

 " matter on the nature of the Flora, with reference to its peculiarities, 

 " and to those of other countries. All such matter must be officially 

 " sanctioned before publication, and must not so add to the extent of 

 " the volume as to raise its price above that determined upon by 

 " Government. 



" All the plants of the several Colonies that exist in the Herbaria 

 " of Kew, are to be examined, and this, and when necessary other 

 " Herbaria, are to be referred to under each species. A reference to 

 " the name adopted, and to the page of the Flora, will also be added to 

 " each species so examined in the Kew Herbarium. 



" The authors will be further required to consult such public or 

 " private Herbaria during the preparation of the Floras, as shall be in- 

 " cheated by the Director of the series previous to its commencement." 



Such have been the steps taken and means employed to induce the 

 Government to undertake a work of acknowledged public utility, and 

 whose desirability is vouched for by the concurrent testimony of the 

 Home Government, Colonial Governors and Colonists, independently 

 of men of science ; one too, the total expense of which could never 

 exceed two or three hundred pounds a year, and this for a very limited 

 period. It will, however, surprise no one at all acquainted with the 

 working of our public departments to hear, that though the final 

 plan above detailed, was called for and approved upwards of a year and 



* This has been prepared by Mr. Bentham, and is issued with the Hong-Kong 

 Flora; Dr. Harvey's Cape Flora contains one that has been revised by Mr. Bentham, 

 and hardly differs from it in practical application. 



