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Barbados, I have felt constrained to depart from 

 this rule.* Evanescent varieties have not been 

 noticed, and those which, on account of their 

 greater permanence, it has been thought necessary 

 to introduce, are numbered as they occur in Bar- 



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enumeration to be found in systematic works. I 

 have been careful to select synonyms from the 

 best authority, and at the same time not to increase 

 the bulk of the volume by unnecessarily multiply- 

 ing them, A reference to Sloane and Browne has 

 never been intentionally omitted; and I have sel- 

 dom neglected to quote Plumier, Jacquin, Aublet, 

 and Swartz. The older authors, Dillenius, Pluke- 

 iiet, Ray, Bauhin, Tournefort, &c. have more 

 seldom been introduced. I, have, however, too 

 much consulted the gratification of those who may 

 look into his book, not to direct their attention to 

 the splendid specimens of British and foreign art, 



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* It may be necessary to remind the claysicai reader that tlie 

 barbarous words, which too frequently occur in the definitions, 

 are in general use with botanists, and constitute a portion of iho 

 technical lan-ua-e of the science. To account for some apparent 



inconsistencies in ortlK.graphy, the author would have It under- 

 stood that it has been his wish' to quote lilcralhj the synonyms 



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