PLANTtE javanic^ raeiores. 



In the postscript to the ' Plantee Javanicse' Dr. Horsfield 

 states — " On my arrival in England my zoological col- 

 lections required my first attention, both with a view to 

 their preservation and to their exhibition in the Honorable 

 Company's Museum. It was therefore no less advan- 

 tageous to myself than important to science, that Robert 

 Brown, Esq., with a ready and disinterested zeal, undertook 

 the examination and arrangement of my Herbarium. 

 After much time and labour, every specimen of an extensive 

 series of duphcates was examined, all the species of each 

 genus were brought together, the entire Herbarium was 

 distributed into families according to the natural method, 

 and the basis of an accurate catalogue was formed. By 

 this operation the number of species composing the Her- 

 barium, which had previously been vaguely estimated, was 

 determined to be 2196. 



" While engaged in this arrangement Mr. Brown noted 

 in each family those subjects which appeared to possess the 

 greatest interest, either on account of their novelty, or of 

 their peculiarity of structure ; and from the subjects thus 

 noted he finally made a selection, which it was pro- 

 posed to publish under the title of ' FlantcB Javanicce 

 Eariores.' 



" It was at the same time determined that a series of 

 figures for the illustration of all the subjects to be described 

 in the work should be prepared. Although a considerable 

 number of drawings had been made in Java by native 



