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iv D E D I C A T I O N .
and Botany, he may, w ith ou t prefumption,
expedí to have the fruits o f his labours received
w ith candour, b y the cultivators o f thofe
valuable fciencesj ihould they be approved,
his gratification w ill be e x trem e ; but his ambition
has ilill a higher aim : the approbation
o f a Ro ya l M aile r , to whom he is attached by
every tie that gratitude, as w e ll as duty, can
impofe, is what he feeks to deferve; and,
ihould Y o u r M a je ily be graciouily pleafed to
crown his labours b y a iingle fentiment o f
applaufe, it w ill fatisfy, to the utmoil, the
m o il elevated wiihes o f his h e a r t; wh o is,
w ith unfeigned humility,
aiid uninterrupted attachment,
Y o u r M a je ily ’s mo il devoted fervant,
W I L L I A M A I T O N ,
R E F A C E .
IT has been thought proper, in order that this
work may not be fwelled with unncceiTary fy-
nonyms, that the plants defcribed in the Species
Plantarum and the two Mantiifa’s of the elder
Linnseus, ihould fimply be referred to thofe books,
with the addition only o f references to the works
o f Jacquin, Curtis, L ’Heritier, and the Flora
Roflica.
T h e Supplementum Plantarum o f the younger
Linnseus was not publiflied till great progrefs had
been made in compiling this Catalogue j plants
that were inferted in it before the time of that publication,
will therefore frequently be found to have
the fame fynonyms as are given in it j all that have
been added fince are referred to it in the fame
manner as others are to the works o f the Father; but
errors which too frequently occur in the Son’s publication,
are, wherever they have been difcovered,
correiled.
A s All