366 Mr. Masters' collection of 



of the collection books, these books you can have if you receive 

 the specimens for the Herbarium at the garden : they contain some 

 rough notes which a botanist might make use of, but they are not fit 

 for the public. 



In the first two or three families there is nothing particular, 

 except No. 4 — 1223, a species of Ranunculus: the structure of this 

 is very curious, exhibiting a circle of 1 2-cells just within the bark 1 

 Of Nutmeg 2 species. 



Of Araliacse, several specimens, of which I have no description. 

 Nandina domestica found at Rungagora. Vitacese, several species 

 that require naming. Of Combretum, several, plain to look at, 

 No. 116 — 1690 : when I first saw it on the banks of the Dyung, just 

 under the hills, I thought I had found a new plant, it exhibited such 

 an elegant appearance at a distance ; it covered several large trees, 

 and the numerous white bracts made it very conspicuous. 



Then comes the beautiful family Melastoma. I have numbered 

 20 specimens, and have given Roxburgh's names to several of them, 

 but his descriptions are so short that I know not if I am right. 



Of Myrtaceee, about 20, but I am not aware that there is anything 

 new. Jambosa malaccensis I have met with in the forest. 



Loranthaese and Cucurbitacese, which are so common, I can do 

 nothing with, but in a fresh state ; in fact the growing plant is re- 

 quired, for a detached specimen very soon becomes unfit for examina- 

 tion. You will probably smile at my having occupied 16 numbers 

 for one species — the tea — but these specimens have been carefully 

 selected for the express purpose of shewing to those who understand 

 the subject, what effect the nick-named cultivation has had upon 

 the plants. 



Sterculiacse and Malvacoe rather numerous. I am very doubtful 

 about many of Roxburgh's names which I have given. The plant I 

 have called Hibiscus Griffithiana is a very powerful climber, and very 

 common on the banks of rivers. I first thought it was H. scandens, 

 Roxb., but having carefully examined it, I do not find that it agrees 

 with his description. The flowers are very fragrant. Elseocarpus 

 and Dipterocarpus require close examination. 



The Euphorbiacoe are very common and very puzzling, and re- 

 quire much examination. Of Rosacse, the genus Rubus is the prin- 

 cipal. I have no Roses except from gardens. 



