212 Brown's Supplement to the Plants ofNeto Holland. 



some of the most eminent botanists of Europe. I have been honoured by 

 the personal aid of Mr. Brown, Professors Kunth, Hooker, Graham, and 

 Lindley, M. Alphonse Decandolle, Mr. Arnott, Mr. Prescott, and Mr. 

 Bentham. 



" Besides the homage which has been paid to the Company in many 

 publications, for their princely liberality in thus affording these ample 

 means for the difPasion of a knowledge of the botany of the East Indies, a 

 still more effectual method of testifj'ing a sense of the general obligation 

 they have conferred upon the scientific world has been adopted by a num- 

 ber of celebrated bouanists, who have undertaken to publish monographs of 

 the more extensive and interesting families, thereby powerfully contributing 

 to the completion of a scheme so truly worthy of the British East India 

 Company. 



" It is a source of pride for me to introduce here the names and sepa- 

 rate labours of those who have thus zealousl}' come forward to advance the 

 interests of science. Mr. Arnott has undertaken the publication of the fami- 

 lies of i?anunculaceas, iVymphaeaceae, Papaveriiceae, Droseraceae, Acevinese, 

 Tamariscineae. Mr. Bentham : CaryophylleEe, Labiatae, Liness, Melasto- 

 maceae, ilfemecyleEe, Alangicce, Onagrarieae, Salicariese, ScrophulariuEe, 

 Orobancheae. Professor Besser of Crzmieniec: Artexmsia. M. Adolphe 

 Brongniart of Paris : Celastrineae, i^hamnece. Mr. Brown : AnondcccE, 

 Capparideae, -ffubiaceae, GramineEe. M. Cambesedes of Paris : Hippocra- 

 ticcce, Sapindciceae, Tevnstr(£miace(S. Professor Clioisy of Geneva : Gut- 

 tiferge, i/ypericineae, Convohadaceae. Professor Decandolle of Geneva : 

 Araliaceae, Umbelliferae, 5'axifrageEe, Cuwomacece, Caprifoliaceas, Loran- 

 the^e, ValerianecB, Z)ipsaceae, Compositas, Polemoniaceae, i?benace£e, Sa- 

 potecE, iS'tyracineae, /Sesamea;, G(^\\t\dne(B, yiristolochiese. M. Alphonse 

 Decandolle of Geneva (Flora Burmanica) : Campanulaceae, ^\g\\omdcccE, 

 ilfyrsineae, f/rticeae. M. Duvau of Paris : Pediculiiris, Veronica. Profes- 

 sor Graham : Leguminosas. Dr. Greville : A^lgvs, Pilices. Mr. Haworth : 

 Crassulaceae. Professor Hooker : Myristicece, P'llices, il/usci. Professor 

 Adr. Jussieu of Paris : Tiliaceae, Malpighi«r<:>(Z', Putaceae, il/eliaceae. Pro- 

 fessor Kunth of Berlin : Bombaceas, Wuitncridcece, Sterculiaceae, Dom- 

 heydcecs, il/alvaceae, Elasocarpeae, Perebinthaceas, Combretaceas, Terbe- 

 naceae. Mr. Lambert : Conifera-. Professor Lehmann of Hamburgh : 

 Potentilla, Poraginefe, Primulacefe. Prof Lindley : Posacete, ^mentaceae, 

 Orchideae. Prof, von Martins of Munich : Jmaranthaceae, Palmae, Res- 

 tiacege. Prof Meisner of Bale : Begon/wce^, Polygoneae. Prof. Nees von 

 Esenbeck of Breslau : /Jcanthaceae, iSolanacea;, iaurineae. Mr. Prescott : 

 Cyperaceae. Prof Richard of Paris : Menispermeap, ilfyrtaceas, Jsphode- 

 leaj, ^milaceae. Prof Roeper of Bale : ^uphorb/«c(7<2'. M. Seringe of 

 Geneva : ialix. Prof Schultes of Landshut : Various miscellaneous 

 genera. Prof S[)rengel of Halle : BcrheridecE, Crucifer£e, Polygaleae, Eri- 

 cea;, Jpocyneae, Asc\e\nkdecB, 



" On the above cooperation, exhibiting an unparalleled instance o? zeal 

 and liberality in the promotion of a connnon cause, I can offer no com- 

 ment ; nor can I adequately express the gratitude whicli I feel towards 

 those who have thus generously relieved me from some of the most dif- 

 ficult parts of my labour." (Pre/., p. ix. and x.) 



Brown, Robert, Esq., F.R.S, V.P.L.S., &c. &c. Supplementum Priraum 

 Prodromi Florae Novas HoUandiae, Sec. A First Supplement to the Plants 

 of New Holland; containing the new Protedcccre discovered by Baxter, 

 Caley, Cunningham, Eraser, and Sieber. The Characters drawn up 

 from dried Specimens. Lond. 1830. 8vo, pp. 40. 



The last importation of seeds from New Holland was by IVL". Baxter, 

 and they were purchased chiefly by JMi*. Knight of the Exotic Nursery, 



