I> RE FACE. 
In presenting this volume, it is not necessary for me to say more tlian 
to thank the Government for the Grant Avhich we receive towards the expense 
of pu])Hcation, and the Botanic Society under whose auspices it has been 
carried on. 
I hope to be Hble to commence Vohime 6, which, like the present Volume, 
will contain figures and descriptions of miscellaneous plants, and it is hoped 
that the Government may be able to continue the Grant so necessary for the 
purpose. The Grasses will be completed in Volume 5, now in course of 
preparation. 
One of the artists left on her marriage, before the Volume was completed, 
and the remainder of the drawings and dissections have been quite satisfactorily 
done by Miss Franks. 
J. M. WOOD. 
