58 GREAT FLOWER, RAFFLE'SIA. 



longed to a sort of vine ; since ascertained to be 

 Cissus Angustifolia. He named the genus Raf- 

 flesia, in honour of Sir Stamford Raffles, then 

 governor of the East India Company's establish- 

 ment at Sumatra; and called the species, Arnordi, 

 in memory of Dr. Arnold, who unfortunately died 

 almost immediately after its discovery. 



