MRS. GRIFFITHS, 



OF 



TORQUAY, DEVON, 



A LADY WHOSE LONG-CONTINUED BESEAKCHES HAVE, MOEE THAN 



THOSE OF ANY OTHEK OBSEEVEE IN BRITAIN, CONTRIBUTED TO 



THE PRESENT ADVANCED STATE OF 



MARINE BOTANY, 



AND WHOSE NUMEROUS DISCOVERIES, COMMEMORATED IN THE GENUS 



GRIFFITHSIA, 



ENTITLE HER TO THE LASTING GRATITUDE OF HEE 

 FELLOW-STUDENTS, 



THIS VOLUME, 



WHICH OWES MUCH OF WHATEVER VALUE IT MAY POSSESS TO HER 



LIBERAL DONATIONS OF EARE SPECIMENS, AND HER ACCURATE 



OBSEEVATIONS UPON THEM, 



IS BESPECTFULLY INSCBIBED, 

 BY HER FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED FBIEND, 



THE AUTHOR. 



Trinity College, Dublin, 

 June 30, 1849. 



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