Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
Plena descriptio Botanices Socotrensis quantum nobis cognitæ, brevi tempore subjicietur Societati Regiæ Edinensis ut in suis Actis in lucem emittatur et divulgetur. Quoniam verum spatio certo temporis opus erit ut singulæ partes et minutiæ Floræ tam abundantis et copiosæ plene elaborentur et perlustrentur, et quoniam perplures formæ endemicæ tarn generum quam specierum in ea Flora comprehenduntur, oportet et congruit opportunis temporis intervallis, opere progrediente, breves diagnoses novarum plantarum in medium proponere, ut prioritas vindicetur nominibus quæ his novis tribuantur, et quæ in volumine Actorum Societatis Regiæ publice emittentur.
page 499 note * Captain Hunter, Assistant Political Resident at Aden.
page 499 note † George Hay, M.D., Port Surgeon, Aden.
page 499 note ‡ Commander Wykehanm Perry, R.N., late Senior Naval Officer at Aden.
page 499 note § Lieutenant Cockburn, 6th Royal Regiment.
page 499 note ║ Alexander Scott, gardener in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.