The first of these papers, unpretentious and seemingly easy of preparation, has cost the author a vast amount of study here and elsewhere to make sure that no serious omissions of specific or varietal forms have been made either in the text or plates, and that the figures and text indicate clearly the characteristic features of each form discussed.

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