PREFACE TO THE SKCOXI) VOUME. XV 



to bo identified with, nor hold to ajiprove of, all the sentiments 

 and opinions expressed by myself in sundry passages throughout 

 the \york. 



Sunt delicta tanicn quibus ignovisse vcliimis : 



Fam neque chorda soniim rcddit quem volt manus ct mens 



Poscentique gravcm, persscpc remittit acutum. 



Horace ad Phones. 



Capital letters following a name arc abbreviations: C. Creeper, 

 E.S. Evergreen shrub, E.T. Evergreen tree, 8. Shrub, ^Y.C. Woody 

 creeper, S.S. Scandent shrub, S.P. Scandent palm, T. Tree, meaning 

 a leaf-shedding, as opposed to an evergreen tree. * before a plant 

 signifies that it is cultivated or introduced and exotic. 



A tolerably full list of vernacular names of plants is given 

 in the Appendix, but many of these are somewhat doubtful, for 

 the reasons adduced in the case of the vernacular names of animals, 

 more especially from the variable and inconsistent modes of spelling 

 and prouimciation adopted by different writers. 



W. THEOBALD. 



Bedfoud, 1883. 



The remark on pajrc 147 of Ajjave Americana producing ' Socotrine aloes' is, of course, an error, 

 and refers to 'Aloe Sototriua' on p. 128. The Agave is often called 'the Aloe' in Indi;i. 



