INTRODUCTION. I 
INTRODUCTION. 
As this fascicle now goes to press, it occurs to me that a 
word as to the nature of the whole work may not be out of place. 
The original plan, as has been explained in the introduction to the 
preceding faseiele, was to publish in a long series, extending it 
might be over as many as fifteen years, a flora which should con- 
tain full descriptions of all plants found in Formosa. That plan, 
however, was slightly altered even in the first fascicle owing to the 
necessity of limiting in advance the number of pages so as not to 
exceed the grant made by the Government. 
That first portion of the work contains an enumeration of plants 
from Ranunculaces to Rosaces, with descriptions of new or 
noteworthy plants, references to species (as far as accessible), and 
a key to the families, genera and species with their respective 
localities and geographieal distributions. It had been my intention 
to pursue this altered plan in the case of this second fascicle ; but 
soon after the manuscript was ready, I was informed of a further 
reduetion of the grant, and this has compelled me to cut out 
nearly all references to species. 
The present fasciele therefore, like the preceding one, contains 
a key to the families, genera, and species, and an enumeration 
of plants from Saxifrages to Dipsaces with their localities 
and geographical distributions ; but the references to species are 
considerably limited. ^ Descriptions are given only in the case of 
plants which are new or which I have not hitherto described. Of 
these plants such as have been worked up since last year and are 
now described by me for the first time, appear under the heading, 
* New or Noteworthy Plants of Formosa." 
