x. PREFACE of the TRANSLATORS. 



by his pupils, with greater precifion than the latin 

 language would allow ; thus the word dentata applied 

 to a root fignifies teethlike, applied to leaves it means 

 toothed ; the word end- nicked gives a more accurate 

 idea than the word emarginatum, the words fouth-turned 

 than adverfum, and one-ranked than fecunda-, the latin 

 words biternatum and triternatum either mean twice and 

 thrice thofe numbers, or the fquare and cube of them, 

 and bidentatum having two teeth, or two Jets of teeth. 

 Hence we truft that our tranilation will thus reflect 

 the very image of the original; but, as happens in 

 fome optical experiments, with greater diftinctnefs, 

 and brighter illumination. 



We have further to add, that to render this work 

 more extenfively ufeful and compleat, we have not only 

 tranflated the SYSTEMA VEGETABILIUM pub- 

 limed by Dr. Murray from the papers of the deceafed 

 Linneus, containing one hundred and nineteeen ad- 

 ditional Genera, and variety of Species and alterations; 

 but have been favoured with a part of a new work now 

 publishing by the prefent Dr. Linneus, termed Sup- 

 flementum Plant arum, which will defcribe ninety four 

 new Genera, with many additional Species : the effen- 

 tial Characters of which we have interwoven in our 

 tranilation in their proper places. The prefent ingen- 

 ious Profeflbr has indeed made one alteration in the 

 ClafTes in this new work; and that is, the omiffion of 

 the clafs Polvgamia, as far as his additional Genera ex- 

 tend, which are principally plants from Surinam, and 

 fome from Africa. Thefe he has placed in the other 

 ClaiTes, according to their fexual diftindtions j in which, 

 we have copied him. 



The Botanic Terms and Definitions tranf- 

 lated from the Thefis of Dr. Elmgren, we had 



once 



