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XXV. Rémarks on Dr..Roxburgh’s Description of the Monandrous 
Plants of India; in a Letter to the President. By William 
Roscoe, Esq. F.L.S. 
Read February 1, 1814. 
Dear SIR, 
I ave just received the eleventh volume of the Asiatic Re- 
searches, containing Dr. Roxburgh’s Description of the Monandrous 
Plants of India, which |-have perused with great interest. It was, 
indeed, reasonably to be expected that the ohservations of so 
experienced a Botanist, founded on an actual inspection of the 
living plants, in their native climate, must be highly valuable ; and - 
in this, his readers will not be disappointed. Independent of the 
additional light thrown upon subjects that have already been in- 
quired into, and which has cleared up difficulties that could not 
otherwise have been removed, we find many new and splendid 
plants, now first introduced to our notice, accompanied by such 
descriptions and illustrations as induce us to hope that, by a 
further perseverance, this portion of the vegetable kingdom, which 
was left in the greatest disorder by both Linnzus and Jussieu, will 
at length be thoroughly understood. | 
Dr. Roxburgh is, however, still of opinion, that the interior divi- 
sions of the corolla in scitamineous plants, may be advantageously 
employed in ascertaining the essential character; and he has ac- 
cordingly resorted to them for his leading distinctions of the ge- 
nera, not indeed without occasionally employing those derived 
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