AS A TRIBUTE 
OF THE AUTHOR’S HIGH REGARD AND GRATITUDE, 
THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED 
TO 
CHARLES JOSEPH LA TROBE, ESQ., C.B., 
TO WHOM, AS FORMER LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, THIS WORK OWES ITS ORIGIN; 
TO 
SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.II., 
THE NESTOR OF BOTANISTS, WHO, FOR ABOVE HALF A CENTURY, HAS BEEN A LEADING STAR IN PHYTOLOGICAL ENQUIRY 
* AND TO 
SIR HENRY BARKLY, K.C.B., 
GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, 
UNDER WHOSE UNCEASING ENCOURAGEMENT THESE VOLUMES ARE ADVANCING TO COMPLETION. 
