THE 



BOTANY 



CAPTAIN BEECHEY'S VOYAGE; 



COMPRISING 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE PLANTS 



COLLECTED BY 



MESSRS LAY AND COLLIE, 



AND OTIIER OFFICERS OF THE EXPEDITION, 



DURING THE VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BERING'S STRAIT, PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BLOSSOM, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF 



CAPTAIN E. W. BEECHEY, R.N., E.R., & A.S., 



IN THE YEARS 1825, 26, 27, AND 28. 



SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., LL.D., F.R., A., & L.S., 



MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY NATURAE CURIOSORUM, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, ETC., ETC., 

 AND REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. 



G. A. WALKER ARNOTT, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S^^^N INS^S^ 



MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY NATURAE CURIOSORUM, ETC., ETC. /^N^ 



& OCT 3 1 1329 



ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS PLATES. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS. 



LONDON : 



HENRY G. BOHN, No. 4, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



MDCCCXLI. 



