From the introduction: "The majority of the algae comprised in the subsequent pages of this memoir were obtained by Dr. Wallich in the year 1855 (from July to November inclusive) from the great coal-field of Bengal, in the district of Raneegunge, about 120 miles N.W. of Calcutta. The district was at that time the scene of the Sonthal insurrection, which troops were sent to quell; and Dr. Wallich, then field-surgeon of the expeditionary forces, during the intervals of military duty, found time to collect and observe a large number of the local Chlorophyllophyceae. It is to be regretted that my friend did not complete his description in the 'Annals', his graphic power being far greater than mine; but science certainly had considerable and highly important additions from him both in his home voyage and in his observations, as government naturalist and scientist to the North Atlantic surveying vessel (H.M.S. Bulldog, under the command of Sir Leopold Mac Clintock, R.N.), which were afterwards published in the 'North Atlantic Sea-bed', and in over 40 other memoirs and papers!" 

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