STUDIES IN TROPICAL TERATOLOGY 
BY 
J. C. COSTERUS anv J. J. SMITH 
comMuNicaTep BY J. C. COSTERUS. 
With 4 plates. 
A few years ago I contributed to the present publication *) 
an account of certain abnormal plants which from 1892—1895 
had been collected in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg, 
chiefly by Mr. J. J. Smira and partly by myself during my 
stay in Java. Since that time Mr. Smita has continued his 
search for fresh cases of the same kind and gone on collecting 
monstrosities which he sent over to the mother country after 
studying and partly drawing the same. Thanks to the specimens 
being preserved in alcohol the majority of them arrived uninjured 
and could consequently be subjected to a close examination. 
Nor did the dried specimens present any obstacles. 
When I was nearly ready with my examination and descrip- 
tions Mr. Saira came over to Holland on official leave, and thus 
a favourable opportunity was offered to us not only to compare 
notes on the subject, but also to lay a plan for the publication 
of the results we had arrived at. In continuation of our paper 
of 1895 we propose to give in this Journal an account of our 
observations beginning now with the monocotyledoneous families 
while preparing the dicotyledoneous plants and a few Cryptogams. 
1) Annales de Buitenzorg. Vol. XIII, p. 97, 1895. 
