STUDIES IN TROPICAL TERATOLOGY 



BY 



J. C. COSTERUS AND J. J. SMITH 



COMMUNICATED BY J. C. COSTERUS. 



With 4 plates. 



A few years ago I contributed to the present pnl^lication ^) 

 an account of certain abnormal plants which from 1892—1895 

 had been collected in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg, 

 chiefly by Mr. J. J. Smith and partly hj myself during my 

 stay in Java. Since that time Mr. Smith has continued his 

 search for ft-esh cases of the same kind and gone on collecting 

 monstrosities which he sent over to the mother country after 

 studying and partly drawing the same. Thanks to the specimens 

 being preserved in alcohol the majority of them arrived uninjured 

 and could consequently be subjected to a close examination. 

 Nor did the dried specimens present any obstacles. 



When I was nearly ready with my examination and descrip- 

 tions Mr. Smith came over to Holland on oflBcial leave, and thus 

 a favourable opportunity was offered to us not only to compare 

 notes on the subject, but also to lay a plan for the pul)lication 

 of the results we had arrived at. In continuation of our paper 

 of 1895 we propose to give in this Journal an account of our 

 observations beginning now with the monocotyledoneous families 

 while preparing the dicotyledoneous plants and a few Cryptogams. 



1) Annales de Buitenzorg. Vol. XUI, p. 97, 1895. 



