Pan Diemen’s Land. 377 
in 1818, by the late Dr. Jos. Arnold. It has been named 
Rafilesia, from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles under whose 
auspices Dr. Arnold travelled. 
This flower springs immediately from a horizontal root. 
The stem is covered with round imbricated floral —— 
of a darkish brown colour, and not very unlike a cab 
The size of this flower is surprisingly great, when fully ex- 
panded its diameter is three feet, and its weight is fifteen 
pounds. Its tube holds twelve pints. 
Mr. Brown in treating of the affinities of this singular 
plant, compares it principally to the aristolochias and passi- 
floras. He has not undertaken to decide however, to which 
of these two. species it approaches the nearest. He sus- 
pects that it is parasitic upon the root which supports it; but 
to decide this question more fully, further observation ap- 
pears to be necessary. 
The largest flower that has hitherto been found is the 
purple flower of the aristolochia cordifolia. According to 
the measurement of Humbolt its diameter is sometimes six- 
teen inches. Upon the borders of the river Magdalena 
ehildren amuse beqenelieya in ha ag their heads with it. 
n. de sheiss — 1820. 
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ie Morrison is advancing with his Chinese Dictionary. 
The second part of this important work was begun in 
April 1811. It will contain one thousand pages in 4to and 
more than twelve thousand chinese characters explained by 
numerous examples. In the month of April 1817, they had 
finished six hundred pages, comprising nearly eight 
sand characters. The empeenion. of all the volumes w: 
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