PREFACE. 



IN presenting to the Public the accompanying " Flora" of the 

 Bombay Presidency, the Authors may be allowed to express the 

 hope that it will be found to supply a want much felt by the 

 increasing number of young Botanists, as well as others of an 

 inquiring turn of mind. 



Great have been the advances made in the knowledge of Indian 

 Plants since the date of Mr. Graham's Catalogue, and it will be 

 seen that researches throughout the Jungle Districts of our Presi- 

 dency, for which the Authors have enjoyed the best opportunities, 

 have tended to enrich our " Flora" in no ordinary degree. 



Very many new species of Plants have been discovered, and, 

 in addition to a greater degree of precision in the nomenclature, 

 and a more accurate determination of ^species already known, an 

 obvious improvement has been made in the separation of all 

 Plants not truly indigenous. 



Introduced, cultivated, and naturalised species seem to belong 

 more properly to horticulture and rural economy, and such will be 

 found in Part No. 2. 



This has been framed, as in Mr. Graham's list from which, 

 indeed, many of the descriptions are taken partly on the basis of 

 the Linnaean system, as it was deemed probable, that as the 

 students and alumni of our colleges can but seldom enjoy the 

 opportunity of extending their researches beyond the limits of 



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