Excerpt from A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas, Vol. 1: Dichlamydeae Inmannn by graver avocations, and in prospect of being obliged shortly to suspend altogether further progress by the necessity of leaving England for the benefit of health, I have decided on publishing at once the following portion of the Flora of Madeira; which I offer rather for the local use of in valids, or other persons resorting to the island for a temporary residence, and who may find in these pursuits interest and re creation for themselves or kindly employment in behalf of friends at home, than with the hope of imparting to European botanists much new or valuable matter. Still the following pages will supply, it may be hoped, one desideratum: namely. 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.