INTEODUCTION TO PAET III. 



As indicated in my Introduction to Part II, this one- has 

 had to be prepared with such material as was available in this 

 country, chiefly the Herbaria at Kew and the British Museum 

 and my own collections. But I have recently had, by the 

 courtesy of the Eegius Keeper, the use of the South Indian 

 specimens in the Herbarium of the Koyal Botanic Gardens,. 

 Edinburgh, among which are many of those collected by 

 Roxburgh, Wight, Sir Walter Elliot, Dr. H. Cleghorn, Sir G. 

 Watt and others. I have also been able to use, by the 

 kindness of the Sherardian Professor of Botany at Oxford , 

 the Dubois Collection made more than 200 years ago. 



For the future, I am glad to say that the Madras and 

 Calcutta and .Travancore collections will again be available 

 for the work. 



I have thought it best to close this Part without breaking 

 into the large Family of the Rubiaceae, but Parts I, II and 

 III together will, by ending at p. 577, be still one page ahead 

 of the proper number, 576. 



J. S. GAMBLE. 

 Liss : September 25th, 1919. 



