SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS 



VARIOUS WORKS. 



" In the preparation of the following notices, I have 

 derived most essential assistance in almost every article, 

 from the information of Mr. Robert Brown ; without that 

 aid the account would have wanted those elucidations and 

 explanations which his profound knowledge and research 

 alone could supply, and which has given interest to some 

 of the subjects far beyond what I anticipated or hoped for, 

 before I obtained his promise of co-operation." J. Sabine, 

 " Account of the Edible Fruits of Sierra Leone," in the 

 'Transactions of the Horticultural Society,' vol. v, p. 441, 

 London, 1824. 



Anisophyll^a, Brown M8S., ibid., p. 446. 

 Ficus Brfissii, Brown MSS., ibid., p. 448. 

 Carpodinus, Brown MSS., ibid., p. 455. 



" The specimens [of IIoi/a\ which I have had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining, afford evidence of the existence of 

 three hitherto undescribed species. The first is a native 

 of the more northern part of New South Wales, with leaves 

 varying from elliptic to obovate ; this is in the Herbarium 

 of Mr. Robert Brown, and is named by him Hoya australis, 

 it having been referred by him in his ' Prodromus Florae 

 Novae Hollandise,' vol. i, p. 460, with a doubt, to H. 

 carnosa. The second is also in the same collection, and 

 comes from the Nicobar Islands ; it has beautiful globose 



