A specimen of the botany of New Holland

by James Edward Smith

A

SPECIMEN

OF THE

BOTANY

OF

NEW HOLLAND,

BY

JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S.

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF TURIN, UPSAL, STOCKHOLM AND LISBON;
CORRESPONDENT OF THOSE OF MONTPELLIER AND DAUPHINY, &c. &c.

PRESIDENT OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY.

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THE FIGURES BY JAMES SOWERBY, F.L.S.

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"Tendebantque manus ripæ ulterioris amore" Virg.

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VOL. I.

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. DAVIS.
PUBLISHED BY J. SOWERBY, NO. 2, MEAD PLACE, LAMBETH; TO BE HAD
AT NO. 42, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND OF THE TOWN
AND COUNTRY BOOKSELLERS.

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M.DCC.XCIII.

TO

THOMAS WILSON, ESQ. F.L.S.

AT WHOSE PERSUASION

THIS WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN,

AND

ON WHOSE FRIENDLY COMMUNICATIONS

IT IS FOUNDED,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES

ARE INSCRIBED

BY THE AUTHOR.

Chapters (not listed in original)

Preface
Billardiera scandens
Tetratheca juncea
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Banksia spinulosa
Goodenia ramosissima
Platylobium formosum
Embothrium speciosissimum
Embothrium silaifolium
Embothrium sericeum
Embothrium buxifolium
Pimelea linifolia
Pultenaea stipularis
Eucalyptus robusta
Styphelia tubiflora
Mimosa myrtifolia
Mimosa hispidula