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EDITORIAL NOTE 
In the preparation of this Index the aim has been to 
include, in addition to titles and authors’ names, the principal 
subjects dealt with in each paper. 
As regards taxonomic articles, all new species, and all 
species which are described are included. The same principle 
is applied to structural and physiological contributions ; all 
species as to which original observations are recorded have 
been entered in the Index. 
On the other hand species which are not new, and which 
are merely mentioned or enumerated without any description 
or observation being recorded, are omitted. They will be 
found under more general headings, e. g. * Liliaceae occurring 
in Lord Howe Island.’ 
In every case where a species is entered in the Index, its 
synonyms , so far as they occur in the Annals, are also 
included. 
The Index might easily have been made much fuller than 
it is, but it is hoped that enough has been included to serve 
the purpose of the working botanist, who desires to have easy 
access to all original or critical work which has appeared 
in the Annals of Botany during the first ten years of its 
existence. 
