,
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.
THE FIGURES BY JAMES SOWERBY, F.L.S.
"Tendebantque manus ripæ ulterioris amore" Virg.
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