LIST OE PLANTS [-..i 



COLLECTED IN 



MELVILLE ISLAND. 



The following list of the Plants observed in Melville 

 Island, cliiefly in the vicinity of Winter Harbour, is drawn 

 up from the Herbaria of Captain Sabine, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 

 James Ross, Captain Parry, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Beverley, 

 whose names are here given in the order of the extent of 

 their collections. 



To Captain Parry, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ross, and Mr. 

 Eisher, I am indebted for complete series of specimens of 

 their respective collections ; and I have to oiFer my acknow- 

 ledgments to Captain Sabine for having allowed me freely 

 to examine his more extensive herbarium, and to retain it 

 until he was about to leave England, in October, 1821, 

 when the whole, in comphance with his request, was 

 returned to him. 



The delay that has taken place in the publication of the 

 present account has been in part owing to the state of my 

 health during a considerable portion of the time that has 

 elapsed since the collections were placed in my hands. I 

 have also experienced much greater difficulty than I had 

 anticipated in determining many of the species ; arising 

 either from their extremely variable nature, from the incom- 

 plete state, of the specimens contained in the collections, or 

 from the want of authentic specimens of other countries, [cckii 

 vdth which it was necessary to compare them. I may 



