CAPTAIN F. W. BEECHET, E.N., F.E., & A.S., 
COMMANDER OP HER M. S. BLOSSOM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY OF HER M. S. SULPHUR, 
UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AND BY WHOSE ZEALOUS ENCOURAGEMENT, THE PLANTS DESCRIBED 
^ , ' IN THE PRESENT VOLUME WERE CHIEFLY COLLECTED, 
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, 
WITH SENTIMENTS OF VERY HIGH REGARD AND ESTEEM, 
BY HIS YAITHFUB 
AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS, 
THE AUTHORS. 
Glasgow, Isi January^ 184L 
