It was my intention at first to give a full ac- 
count of all the plants found around Alassio, with 
a separate description of each; but whether it was 
that it required too much time, or because it would 
have been difficult to express my meaning in a fo- 
reign language with scientific propriety, or in fine, 
because it was unnecessary, since any lover of Bo- 
tany can read the description in some of the books 
already published on the subject, I have thought it 
better to confine myself to giving in alphabetical order 
the name only of the plant, the order to which it 
belongs, its synonyms, the time and places in which 
it flourishes, with a few other particulars added for 
some of them. The student will thus be enabled, I 
hope, to search for a plant while it is in bloom, and 
to read the description in other botanical works, so 
as to be able to recognise them and arrange them 
in his herbarium. 
The number of the specimens collected is consi- 
derable for so small an area but, no doubt, many 
kinds are still wanting, which, as I shall find them, 
from time to time I shall insert into my manuscript 
with the intention of ultimately completing the Flora 
of this fringe of land so highly favoured by nature. 
