36 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
out. He died in or about 1858. 
Sir Robert Schomburgk, well known for his explorations in 
Guiana, where he discovered the Victoria regia, was appointed 
3ritish Consul) in Siam in 1857. He visited Singapore and col- 
lected a few plants there, which he sent to Kew, and which were 
described in the Flora of British India. Some of them, however, 
were evidently obtained from gardens. 
Dr. T. Anderson, 1832 to 1870, was Director of Calcutta 
Botanic Gardens, He appears to have visited Singapore at 
some time, and obtained several plants of interest. He devoted 
himself to the Acanthaceae, and Eranthemum Andersoni Mast, a 
common garden plant here was named after him. 
Mr. R. W. [ullett made some years ago an excellent her- 
barium of Singapore plants, which he eventually presented to 
the Botanic Gardens. Duplicate specimens were sent to Kew 
and to Calcutta, where they were named, and several new spe- 
cies bear his name. 
In the following list all plants with no collector’s name 
were obtained by myself or by native collectors. employed at 
the Gardens, and the numbers attached are those of my dis- 
tribution-series. Endemic species, not yet known from else- 
where are marked with an asterisk and introduced plants, which 
have not properly established themselves but which occur in 
waste ground and the like, are included in brackets, The 
Mosses, Lichens, Fungi and Algae, are deferred. Collections of 
these have been made and submitted to experts, and I hope to 
publish an account of them at a later date. 
