212 Brown's Supplement to the Plants of New 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, Mi*. Prescott, and Mr. 

 Bentham. 



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

 pubhcations, for their princely liberality in thus affording these ample 

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

 still more effectual method of testifying a sense of the general obligation 

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

 ber of celebrated botanists, 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 zealously come forward to advance the 

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

 lies of i?anunculace3e, iVymphaeaceae, Papaveracese, Droseracese, Jcerineae, 

 TVimariscineEe. Mr. Bentham : Caryophyllese, Labiatse, iuiese, Melasto- 

 maceee, ikfemecyleae, Alangiets, Onagrarieae, Salicarieae, Scrophularinse, 

 Orobanche^. Professor Besser of Crzmieniec : Artemisia. M. Adolphe 

 Brongniart of Paris : Celastrinea?, J?hamneae. Mr. Brown : AnondcecBy 

 Capparideae, i?ubiaceae, (?raminese. M. Cambesedes of Paris : Hippocra- 

 ticecB, Sapindacese, Ternstroemiacffo?. Professor Clioisy of Geneva : Gut- 

 tiferge, iJypericineae, Convolvulacege. Professor Decandolle of Geneva : 

 AraliaccEe, Umbelliferse, (S'axifragese, Cunoniacecs, Caprifoliaceae, Loran- 

 theae, Valerimiece, ZJipsaceae, Compositse, Polemoniacege, ^benaceae, Sa- 

 potecs, jS'tyracineae, iSesamese, GentidnecB, Jristolochiese. M. Alphonse 

 Decandolle of Geneva (Flora Burmanica) : CampanulaccEe, Bignoniact-tE-, 

 ikfyrsineae, C/iticeas. M. Duvau of Paris : Pedicularis, Veronica. Profes- 

 sor Graham : Leguminosge. Dr. Greville : ^'Igae, i^ilices. Mr. Haworth : 

 Crassulaceae. Professor Hooker : Myristiceag, JFilices, ikfusci. Professor 

 Adr. Jussieu of Paris : Tiliaceae, Malpighiac^-fS, Putaceae, il/eliaceae. Pro- 

 fessor Kunth of Berlin : Bombacese, liiittneridcecs, Sterculiacese, Dom- 

 heydcecB, il^alvacese, Elaeocarpeae, Tferebinthacese, Combretaceae, Ferbe- 

 naceae. Mr. Lambert: Coniferae. Professor Lehmann of Hamburgh: 

 Potentilla, ^oragineae, Primulaces. Prof. Lindley : Posacete, ^mentaceee, 

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

 tiaceas. Prof. Meisner of Bale : 'BegonidcetSy Polygoneae. Prof. Nees von 

 Esenbeck of Breslau : Jcanthaceae, (Solanaceas, iaurineas. Mi". Prescott : 

 Cyperacese. Prof. Richard of Paris : Menispermeas, iliyrtaceae, Jsphode- 

 leae, /Smilaceas. Prof. Rceper of Bale: EuphorhidcetE. M. Seringe of 

 Geneva : iSalix. Prof. Schultes of Landshut : Various miscellaneous 

 genera. Prof. Sprengel of Halle : Berberidece, Cruciferse, Polygaleas, Evi- 

 ceae, Jpocyneae, AsclQ^ihdece. 



" On the above cooperation, exhibiting an unparalleled instance of zeal 

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

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

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

 ficult parts of my labour." (^Pref., p. ix. and x.) 



Broivn, Robert, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.L.S., &c. &c. Supplementum Primum 

 Prodromi Florae Novae Hollandiae, &c. A First Supplement to the Plants 

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

 Calej', 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 Mr. Baxter, 

 and they were purchased chiefly by Mi', Knight of the Exotic Nursery, 



