CAPTAIN P. W. BEBCHEY, B.N., E.E., & A.S.,
COMMANDER OP HER M. S, BLOSSOM, AND SUBSEQUENTLT 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 rA IT H FD Ii
AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS,
THE AUTHORS.
G lasg ow , ]st Jun u a ry, 1841.
CLL. DUNLOP STREET,
