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tion. As the weather was so beautiful, it tempted me to under- 

 take atiother botanical excursion in the afternoon. I intended to 

 examine three kinds of Utiicnlerias thoroug'hly, and I broug-ht 

 home six different kinds, in order to compare them the better. 

 They grew nearly all m the swamp at a little distance from each 

 other. 



23. — My Utricularia, which I brought home yesterday 

 evening, were all in bloom this morning, because I had put them 

 into water. I found that the large Utriculana was a variety of 

 Kivins, which Mr. Arch Linne mentions in his Spec. Plant. The 

 lower petal of these Malay specimens is much wider than any 1 

 have ever seen before, and is of a bright yellow colour. The other 

 three, of which 1 spoke already yesterday, were new species. 

 Unless the description of Osbeck is incorrect, the yellow blossom 

 was bifid. The other two kinds were the Urtkukuia Coendea 

 and the Utr. Minor.'' 



I also described a shrub, which I called Magnolia, to which 

 plant it bears much resemblance. I found it often here in bloom, 

 but could not obtain any fruits. 



24. — In the afternoon, after divine service, I went out with 

 an English man, a Mr. Hay, who is here on account of his health. 

 We went out to see the tombs of the Chinese, specially that of 

 the present chief of the Chinese living here. The tomb is being 

 built on a mountain in front of the fortress on the southern side. 

 The different partitions of the tomb were only as yet indicated 

 by ditches ; when finished it will occupy a large space. 



My botanical treasure I found was an Indigo, which 

 grew on that mountain and spread several feet wide. It resem- 

 bled the EnneaphuUa, although there are many differences to be 

 found. The greatest difference can be recognised in their pods 

 which in the one case are short, round, thick, and not pointed, 

 while in the other they are four-cornered, furrowed, pointed, 

 bending back. The one plant only grows one foot long, and is 

 covered with leaves; the other has a round, red and smooth 

 stalk, and is more than two feet long, and the leaves stand apart 

 from each other, etc. Yid. Defin. pag. 71. 



I also stuffed a beautiful bird to-day; it lives on our coast also, 

 but its colours are not so vivid there. It is of the size of a young- 

 guinea fowl and belongs to the kind that have naked knees. 

 a. No doubt H. exoleta 



