OBSERVATIONS, &c. ['» 



The Herbariuiu formed by the late Professor Smith and 

 his assistant, Mr. David Lockhart, on the banks of the Congo, 

 was, on its arrival in England, placed at the disposal of Sir 

 Joseph Banks ; under whose inspection it has been arranp:ed ; 

 the more remarkable species have been determined ; and the 

 whole collection has been so far examined as the very li- 

 mited time which could be devoted to this object allowed. 



In the following pages will be found the more general 

 results only of this examination ; descriptions of the new 

 geneYa and species being reserved for a fntnre publication. 



In communicating these results I shall follow nearly the 

 same plan as that adopted in the Botanical Appendix to 

 Captain Plinders's Voyage to Terra Australis : 



1st. Stating what relates to the three Primary Divisions 

 of Plants. 



2dly. Proceeding to notice whatever appears most re- 

 markable in the several Natural Orders of which the collec- 

 tion consists ; and 



3dly. Concluding with a general comparison of the vege- 

 tation on the line of the river Congo, with that of other 

 equinoctial countries. 



1. The number of species in the herbarium somewhat 

 exceeds 600 ; the specimens of several of which are, indeed, 

 imperfect ; but they are all referable with certainty to the 

 primary divisions, and, with very few exceptions, to tlic 

 natural orders to which they belong. 



