SEVERAL years ago I attempted to ascertain the names of the 

 Plants which have been figured by Rheede and Rumphius in the 

 Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Amboinense, and my late resi- 

 dence in London has enabled me to find materials, which nothing but 

 the libraries and collections of the Metropolis can furnish, for settling 

 many of the doubtful synonyms. I have here arranged the notes and 

 remarks thus collected on the former of these Works, and the Hortus 

 Malabaricus has now been so generally cited in all works on Botany 

 for nearly a century and a half, that this Review can hardly fail to be 

 of some use, particularly to the Students of Oriental Botany. Op- 

 posite to the number of each plate I have given, so far as I could 

 collect them, the various synonymous names of the species to which 

 the figure belongs, but more particularly those for which it has been 

 quoted, and the names of the authors, when they have given a direct 

 reference to the plate, are printed in Italics. In a paragraph below 

 I have noticed those other references which I believe to be erroneous, 

 and have offered a few occasional remarks on the species. Many of 

 the notes were written at distant intervals, and some of the species 

 have received much more attention, or been studied under more favor- 

 able circumstances, than others; but, even where the true and false 

 synonyms have not been rightly distinguished, the convenience of 

 having all the references to each plate brought together will equally 

 remain. To my friend, Professor Don, I am indebted for the faci- 

 lities he has afforded me for consulting the botanical treasures which 

 the Linnean Society has placed under his care, and to Messrs. 

 Loddiges my best thanks are due for a free access to the vast col- 

 lection of Tropical Plants which flourish in their stoves. 



L. W. DILLWYN. 



Sketty Hall, Dec, 25, 1838. 



