428 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Dissertatio in the Linnean Society’s library—the only one I have 
seen—is a MS. note by Pulteney, pointing out (as is evidently the 
atch — the a and fourth pair of leaves were due to the 
‘ma. indoctus” of the artist: ‘ nollem tamen mutare de- 
tmeatOnen plant, a amico pnae tam.” This friend, as we have 
seen, was James Hope, then professor of botany in Edinburgh. 
Pulteney and acsbert. letter their obstes Cinchona officinalis. 
II. 
In me bags to Lambert already quoted Hawkins continues : 
« Also w neluded in the same parcel specimens of the plant 
with the ae: leaves ea side of the main stalk, as represented 
in the drawing you had before of me with the kidney- shape seed.” 
To this ore adds a footnote stating that he had presented the 
drawing to the Linnean Society and that it would appear in 
vol. ili. of the Transactions, where we duly find it (t. 12, p. 59) 
a uina Prima,” “J. Ha, whens ae & 8 wb st 1742.”” There are 
three sy rg on the plate: A. the “ PP ae with triangular 
stalk,” ae S eee section of the stem and leaves” ; 
Cu ee seeds, of a brown colour and woody substance ’’—the last 
are of a species of Myroxylon, probably M. punctatum K1., which, 
according to the labels on Ruiz & Payon’s specimens in the 
National Herbarium, is called Quino- Quino in Peru. Banks says 
hat these were = € original of the ©; figure “copied from another 
mae pee all that is known of Hawkins is scattered through 
the foregoing citation. it may be well to bring it seh ite: in 
connected form. In 1740 he was “ si eerie: in London ”— 
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2522—appear to be inhis hand. Afte Agi ot 8 
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