TO 



SIR HERCULES GEORGE R. ROBINSON, 



GOVERNOR, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, AND VICE-ADMIRAL 

 IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, 



WHO HAS EVER 



PROVED HIMSELF A ZEALOUS PROMOTER OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH, 



ESPECIALLY BY 



THE ASSISTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN TO BOTANICAL TRAVELLERS, 



AS WELL AS BY THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS HIMSELF 



TRANSMITTED TO THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW, 



THIS WORK 

 IS EESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. 



