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and tried again to get the female blossom of the kind of pumpkin, 

 but in vain; but climbing along the ruined wall, I found some 

 splendid specimens of the Qui.^qualis, of which most blossoms had 

 opened, and were of a beautiful orange colour, but those which are 

 not in full bloom yet have a greenish white colour. At another 

 place I found the new species of Clerodendron growing to man's 

 height, and so closely together that they almost formed a wood, 

 but the blossoms had not reached their perfection yet. A kind 

 of grass had been sown, which much resembled the agrostis 

 interrupta, the under side of leaves was quite white. This grass 

 had been sown to produce a kind of hemp : I did not succeed in 

 procuring myself any of its seed, though I offered much money 

 for it. 



At four o'clock in the afternoon I started on my journey 

 back, and went down the stream along the wall. I saw many 

 breaches in this wall which the Burmans made at their last con- 

 quering expedition. The town seen from the north-western side 

 offers the appearance of a half-moon, with only a few projecting 

 points. I went ashore at different places, because the city wall 

 has many gates. There were few other buildings to be seen 

 besides the temples, and near them grew high trees of Me Ha, 

 Ovieda, Ficus religiom, MicJieUa Malaccensis, etc. In one place 

 I saw some ripe fruits of the Bhamnns Theizans, which I gathered, 

 and at the same time I sent one of my people up a high tree 

 whereon some parasitic plant was growing, but the man had the 

 misfortune to fall down, because a dry branch broke. He fell 

 upon an old stem and hurt himself especially in the region near 

 the heart, so that he lay on the ground as if dead. This circum- 

 stance made me uneasy, and 1 hastened our return. I saw the 

 extensive buildings of the former Jesuit college near the bank of 

 the river; it was situated in a beautiful part of the country. 

 The approaching night prevented me from making any more 

 examinations. We travelled all the night through ; the weather 

 changed, and we had many small showers of rain; in the after- 

 noon we arrived again at Bang'kok. 



12 — I was busy these days arranging my collection and 

 specially drying the seeds. 



18. >Sundai/. — I called on the bishop residing here: he is an 

 old man and seems to be very pious. My chief object was to 

 inquire into any circumstances which might be interesting for me, 



