PREFACE. 



luch efpecially are thofe of the Cryptogamia 

 clafsy which coft more time and attention 

 than all the other twenty-three claffes toge- 

 ther. 



Laft of all are fubjoined the various ufes 

 of each plant, whether ceconomkaU medicaid 

 ovfuperjiitious. Their ceconomical and medi^ 

 cal ufes are extraded from authors of the 

 firft credit; for the moft part either from 

 Linne^us's Materia Medica^ or Hallers Hi^ 

 Ji'oria Jiirpium Hehetice. For thtiv fuperJH'- 

 tious ufes I am chiefly indebted to my often- 

 mentioned friend Mr. Stuart^ a native of 

 liuQ Highlands^ and perfeftly acquainted with 

 the culloms of his countrymen. 



In the courfe of this work, I have purpofely 

 avoided the addition of all fyiionymsi not 

 merely to prevent fwelHng the book, but 

 becaufe they have been fo often repeated by 

 other authors, and feem to be at the fame 

 time of little ufe to the learner. I there- 

 fore wholly omitted them, to make way for 

 defiriptions, which I flatter myfelf will provQ 

 of more ferviee. . 



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