I tender my warmest thanks to Cav. Idel- 
fonso Strafforello, a distinguished hotanist, 
who has already w^on well merited lau- 
rels in the field of algology and to the illu- 
strious Prof. Giacomo Gentile, of Porto 
Maiirizio, an equally earnest student of 
natural science for the powerful assistence 
they have lent me for the better recognition 
and classification of the plants when collec- 
ted; whereby they have saved me much of 
my time which I should otherwise have 
had to steal from the cares of medical pro- 
fession, 
Alassio and its Flora 
