Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known From the Island, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known From the Island, Vol. 3 This volume is a continuation of a systematic account of the flowering plants of the Island of Jamaica, the first volume of which, on the Orchids, was published in 1910. The remainder of the Monocotyledons will form the subject of Vol. IT., and it is estimated that the Dicotyledons will be completed in three more volumes, making six in all. As with the first volume, the larger part of the work of preparation has been done by Mr. Fawcett, but both authors are jointly responsible. We are again indebted to the Government of Jamaica for the loan of the Jamaican Herbarium, and also for a generous grant towards the expense of the preparation of the work. We have also gratefully to acknowledge facilities for the study of the specimens in the Herbarium at the Royal Gardens, Kew, and the loan from the Director of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden of the Jamaican specimens in the Herbarium under his charge. To the list of individuals and botanical institutions whose help we have previously acknowledged, we must add the Botanical Museum at Copenhagen, and the Botanical Department of the Naturhistoriska Riks-Museum at Stockholm. Since the publication of the first volume we have ascertained the existence in the Bristol Museum of an interesting collection made in Jamaica by Dr. Arthur Broughton between the years 1783 and 1796, together with a series of drawings (1761-69) by the Rev. John Lindsay, and we are indebted to the Bristol Museum for the loan of these. The descriptions have been drawn up with special reference to West Indian specimens. We have thought it useful to include an illustration of each genus, these, with the exception of a few plates, are included in the text, the drawings have been made under our supervision by Mr. Percy Highley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.