NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOE. 



In the following, translation of M. de Candolle's ' Lois de la 

 Nomenclature Botanique/ precision has been my chief ob- 

 ject. I have, on this account, adhered as Hterally as I could 

 to the original text, only departing from it where the idioms 

 of the French language did not admit of a close rendering 

 into English. It may not be superfluous to add, that in 

 complying with the request of the author that I should 

 undertake the translation, I was actuated rather by a desire 

 to oblige him, than by the hope of being able to do full jus- 

 tice to his work. For the revision of the MS. and proofs, 

 I have to oflfer my sincere thanks to some kind friends at 



Kew. 



H. A. WBDDELL, M.D., 



Foreign Member of the Linnean Society of London. 

 PoiTiEES, Decemher, 1867. 



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