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the public and other gardens in or near Bombay and Poona, it is 

 to them of much importance to have every facility for the identifi- 

 cation of Plants and Trees. 



In conclusion, the Authors are far from supposing their work as 

 free from errors, or that the lists are even complete ; and they may 

 mention, for the encouragement of the young and ardent explorers 

 of nature anxious to make discoveries, that the field is not yet 

 exhausted; — that new species of Plants have been found while the 

 last sheets were passing through the Press. The Cryptogamic 

 portion of the Catalogue has, in order to meet the present wants 

 of our Readers, been literally transcribed from that of Mr, 

 Graham ; but we hope on a future opportunity to be able to present 

 it to the Public in a more complete and enlarged form. 



