74 FloriciiUiiral and Botaiiical Notices. 



mountains ; and, as a treaty is now in progress of negotiation 

 between the British powers in Hindostan, and the Chinese, 

 with reference to the boundaries of Thibet, it is possible even 

 the latter interesting region, may be visited by Dr. Hooker, 

 in the course of his journey. The most important assistance, 

 in exploring the botany of Northern India, is promised to our 

 traveller, by His Excellency the Governor General, Lord 

 Dalhousie, and by the Court of Directors of the Honorable 

 India Company. After spending about 12 months in this un- 

 dertaking, Dr. Hooker's instructions are to return in 1849 to 

 Calcutta, and thence proceed to Singapore and Borneo. At 

 the latter island, the valuable aid of His Excellency, Mr. 

 Brooke, and the protection afforded by H. M. S, Meander 

 (commanded by the Hon. Capt. Keppel, to which ship Dr. 

 Hooker will be attached as supernumerary medical officer), 

 will enable Dr. Hooker to fulfil the designs of the noble and 

 enlightened First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Auckland, who 

 directs that he shall pursue his botanical researches, and draw 

 up a report on the vegetable productions of the British settle- 

 ment at Labuan, and such parts of Borneo as can safely be 

 explored. It is especially his object to ascend, if possible, the 

 great mountain of Keeny Baloo, supposed to be 14,000 feet 

 in height. Dr. Hooker embarked at Portsmouth, on the It th 

 of November, in H. M. steam-frigate Sidon, which conveys 

 His Excellency, Lord Dalhousie, to Alexandria, eii route for 

 Calcutta, and he may be expected to arrive there towards the 

 latter end of this month (December). Two or three months 

 iVill probably be devoted to investigating the plains of Ben- 

 gal, and particularly the fossil vegetable remains in the coal 

 formations at Burdwan; and then Dr. Hooker will journey 

 northward, perhaps, to Sikkim ; but his exact route must 

 considerably depend upon circumstances which it is impossi- 

 ble yet to foresee. — {^London Journal of Botany.) 



47. Ixo^RA Griffi'thii Hook. Mr. Griffith's Ixora. (Cm- 

 chondceoi.) India. 



A stove plant -. growing two feet hijh : with red and yellow flowers : appearing in spring : grown 

 in peat, leaf mould, and sand : increased by cuttings. Flore des Serres, pi. 273. 1847: 



The Ixoras are, nearly or quite all of them, stove or hot- 

 house plants, and are therefore not often seen in our coUec- 



