The world is so full of a number of things. 

 I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. 

 (R. L. Stevenson, A Child's Garden 

 of Verses). 



INTRODUCTION. 



This enumeration of the Verbenaceae of the Malayan 

 Archipelago, together with those from Malacca, the 

 Phihppines and the western parts of Melanesia and 

 Micronesia is based upon plant-materials from the Her- 

 barium of the universities of Utrecht, Leiden and Berlin, 

 arid we avail ourself of the opportunity to tender our 

 best thanks to their keepers for their kindness in supplying 

 materials, necessary for the elaboration of this plant-family. 

 We are sorry to say that we could, in consequence of 

 the war, not obtain materials from the Kew-^ and Buiten- 

 zorg-herbaria. We chose the boundaries of these countries 

 in this way, partly for their unity in phytogeographical 

 respect (v.: ..Phytogeographical Remarks", p. 350), partly 

 for the possibilities indicated by the materials extant. 



About the arrangement and methods used we can say 

 the following: 



In general, we followed the rules, laid down by the 

 Botanical Congress, Brussels 1910. 



When specimina are mentioned by the number, under 

 which they ressort in the herbaria of Utrecht, Leiden 

 and Berlin, the latter are abbreviated respectively as H. 

 A. R.-T., H. L.-B., and H. Ber. 



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