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Combretum costatum, Roxb. A very noble plant. 

 — Epidendr. moschatum, very preeious. I wish you 

 eould send me the leaves. 



An Orehideous plant, without a ticket, is a Sa- 

 tyrium^ called by Hamilton in his MSS. Orchis bi- 

 cornuta. — A Viola also without a ticket, is called 

 by our said friend longifolia, not very happily, but 

 it is difficult to find a good name for it. 



Hoya viridiflora, Br. — right, of course. I do not 

 find that I have it. 



Fraocinus Jloribunda, Wall., is, as you say, very 

 near Ornus, but in yours the corolla and stamens 

 are 3 or 4 times shorter than in F. Ornus ; the 

 leaflets more stalked, more pointed, and sharply ser- 

 rated. They are certainly distinct. 



Callicarpa, with long leaves, sent from Sirinagur 

 by SirR.Colquhoun ; — how does it differ fromVahl's 

 macrophylla? — Vitis par vifo/ia, Roxb ., well named; 

 new to me. — " Connarus from Penang," I know no- 

 thing about. It is a magnificent plant. — A few that 

 remain, I am obliged to pass over, either for want 

 of time, or because I have nothing to say. 



Thus my dear Sir, I have endeavoured to show, 

 as well as I could, my gratitude for your bountiful 

 communications. A vast parcel of very fine things 

 which came last year, before the present parcel, I 

 have not yet been able to study ; but I have devoted 

 many days to the present, and to your very kind 

 letter of May 27, 1819. Pardon me if I make re- 

 marks freely, especially about names. I wish those 

 who, like you, are competent to take the lead, to 

 consider and to study to keep the science as clas- 



