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all cases in future. Mr. Bentham has also been good enough 

 to entrust to us his complete set of Mr. Edgeworth's plants, 

 which are authentically named by that gentleman, and cor- 

 respond with his paper on North Indian plants in the twentieth 

 volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of Lon- 

 don. We have thus had it in our power to quote the syno- 

 nyms of that memoir with confidence. The benefits which 

 we have derived from Mr. Bentham's profound knowledge 

 and ready help, and the obligations we are under to him, are 

 such as it is impossible adequately to express. 



11. We have in like manner to thank Dr. Lindley for his 

 generous assistance in every way, and for unlimited access to 

 his valuable collection, which has eilabled us to identify many 

 of the species described in the ' Botanical Register,^ the ' Jour- 

 nal of the Horticultural Society,' and other works of this ex- 

 cellent botanist. Dr. Lindley's herbarium contains a fine set 

 of Penang plants, communicated by Mr. Prince, and by Mr. 

 Phillips; and numerous specimens from Ceylon collected by 

 Mr. Macrae. 



12. The Indian collection of Colonel Munro, 39th Regi- 

 ment, has also, by the liberality of its owner, been placed at 

 our disposal. Colonel Munro's earlier collections were made 

 in the Madras Presidency, but after his removal to Bengal he 

 explored the vicinity of Agra, and made an extensive tour in 

 the Himalaya from Kumaon to Simla and Kanawer. 



We cannot conclude this comprehensive catalogue without 

 an allusion to the labours of Dr. Falconer, one of the most es- 

 timable, able, and accomplished of Indian botanists ; to whose 

 liberality and good offices we were in many ways indebted as 

 travellers in India, and are still, as workers at home. Dr. 

 Falconer was one of the first botanists who visited Kashmir 

 and Little Tibet, where he formed magnificent collections, as 

 he also did in Kumaon and the Punjab, illustrating his speci- 

 mens with voluminous notes and details of their structure and 

 aifinities. His collections are, we believe, still in the India 

 House, where they ha^'e been for many years. They consti- 



