PREFACE. 



me through the kindness of the Conservators of Forests of the Punjab, 

 Oudh, the Central Provinces, and Hyderabad. 



Separate collections were received from each of the following divi- 

 sions :— 



Chanda* 

 Central J Balaghat. 

 Provinces, jNagpur. 

 Seoni. 



Lahore. 

 , Rawalpindi, 

 1 <Mooltan. 

 Jhelum. 



f Pilibhit. 

 Oudh, I Kheri. 

 ( Bhira. 



To Mr. J. R. Drummond, B.A., C.S., I owe special thanks, not only 

 for large donations of specimens, but for many notes and suggestions 

 rendered all the more valuable by his sound knowledge of botany, and 

 his intimate acquaintance with the vernacular dialects of the Punjab. 



To Mr. W. Coldstream, C.S., I am much indebted for kindly 

 allowing me to make use of his valuable notes on the grasses of 

 Hissar. 



From the Rev. A. Campbell of Manbhum, I have received valu- 

 able collections of Chutia Nagpur grasses, together with a list of their 

 vernacular names, many of which are in the Santali dialect. 



Mr. A. E. Lowrie, the officer in charge of the Ajmere and Merwara 

 forests, has sent me a very complete collection of the grasses of that 

 part of Rajputana, together with vernacular names and many useful 

 notes. 



From Capt. G. Wingate, Assistant Commissary General, I have 

 frequently received grasses to be named ; and, as the specimens were 

 mostly accompanied with their vernacular names, together with vari- 

 ous notes, of which I have freely made use, these communications 

 usually resulted to our mutual advantage. 



I profited in like manner by correspondence with Mr. J. McC. 

 Douie, C.S., a few years ago when he was engaged in settlement work 

 in the Karnal district. 



Col. D. M. Strong has also sent me for botanical identification sets 

 of grasses from Beluchistan, Simla, and Allahabad. I am also indebt- 

 ed to this gentleman for some interesting notes on Australian pasture 



* This was a very fine collection, and appears to have been personally superintended 

 during its preparation by Mr. G. Foster, the Deputy Conservator, to whom I am also in- 

 debted for additional notes subsequently contributed. 



