SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, 



K. H., LL.D., F. R., A. & L. S., &c. &C. 

 REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. 



To no one could this Volume be more appropriately dedi- 

 cated than to you, to whom I am indebted for my early in- 

 structions in the Science of Botany, and from whom I first 

 acquired a taste for its study. It will in the highest degree 

 be gratifying to me, should the result of my labours meet 

 with your approbation, and should you consider that I have 

 at all contributed in extending our acquaintance with the 

 Flora of the West Indies. 



JAMES MACFADYEN. 



GLASGOW, 10th Oct., 1837. 



