INTRODUCTION. JX 



to insure the ])u1>liciiti()ii ol' one vdlmiic of (lie Muia uf ('alilornia. The 

 names of those <,'entleiuen will In; iuiuid (mi the jta^^'e lollowing the title. 

 As soon as })os.sible alter this muiiilicent act, an arningenient was made with 

 Mr. Sereno Watson, late liotanist of the Fortietli Parallel iSurvey, to under- 

 take the necessary revision of the Po/f/pclalcr, jirevion.sly prejiared hy Pro- 

 lessor l>re\ver, hut which nc(Mhjd sliJl I'mlher ehihoniLiun. Trolessor (Ji-ay, 

 in accordance with previous arian;,fciuent, was ready with the Gdmvprtalce, 

 and, to insure greater unilormity, all the ordinal characters of. the volume 

 have also been written hy him. There has been no inlcrruplion in ilic work 

 since the necessary funds were raised for its continuance. Jt is not neces- 

 sary to insist on the reasons why the in-eparation of this volume has involved 

 a much larger amount of labor and of time than was originally expected. 

 Botanists will not lail to ai)preciate tlu; magnitude of the task thus under- 

 taken, and will recognize the great difference between a work like the present 

 one and even the most complete of the botanical reports win'ch have hitherto 

 accomi)anied or formed a ])art of the repoits of fJovernment expeditions. 

 It only remains for me to thank those who have contrilmted to this volume 

 either intellectually or pecuniarily, and to express my sincere regret that the 

 Legislature of California has just adjourned without having made any pro- 

 vision for the continuance of the Botau}'-, or for bringing before the world 

 other portions of the results of the Survey already in process of ]iublication, 

 or nearly ready for it, at the time the work was suspended by the Legislature 

 of 187.". -74. 



Should the means be secured for the pultli(;ation of the second volume 

 of the JJotany of California, it will contain the remaining exogenous (the 

 Apdalcc and the Gymno^pcrmcc), the endogenoiu?, and the cryptogamous 

 orders. It is proposed also to add an accented list of generic names with 

 their derivations ; and a chronological list of botanical collectors on the 

 west coast of Anu^rica, together with an index to the geiuMa and species 

 of the entire Mora, and a glossary of the botanical terms usi-d. 



J. I). WHITNKY. 



C'ami(i;ii>(;i;, Mas.'^., Ainil l.'S, 187i!. 



