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PREFACE. 
the staff of botanists. I am also indebted to Mr. Hemsley for 
assistance in this portion of the work. 
My collections of Mosses, Lichens, Fungi, and Seaweeds have 
respectively been examined and reported on by Mr. William 
Mitten, F.L.S., the Eev. W. Allport Leighton, B.A., F.L.S., the 
Eev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., and Professor Dickie, F.L.S., 
to whom I would offer my best thanks ; especially to Mr. Mitten 
and Mr. Berkeley for original descriptions and drawings of new 
species. 
To Dr. Hooker I am extremely indebted for placing at my 
disposal the whole of Dr. Burchell’s valuable collection of sketches, 
from which, and the “leones Plantarum,” Mrs. Melliss has added 
to her drawings of the Indigenous Plants the enlarged details of the 
flowers. 
The Historical Notes have been gathered chiefly from old records 
and documents preserved in the Government Office at St. Helena, 
as well as from Brook’s “ History of St. Helena” (a book now long 
out of print, and for the possession of which I am indebted to the 
kindness of Colonel Ward, late of H.M. 91st Begiment), and have 
been added for the information of those whose interest in the Island 
may have been increased through residing at or visiting it. 
The Meteorological Tables, given in the Appendix, are quoted 
from the published account of “ Five Years’ Observations at Long- 
wood,” under the direction of General Sir Edward Sabine, E. A. 
John Charles Melliss. 
London, January , 1875. 
