174 JACK'S LETTERS TO WALLICH, 1819-1821. 



he will take the utmost care of them : you will find him a worthy 

 excellent man, and of superior character. I have no doubt if his 

 voyage lies in any direction you are interested in, he will attend to 

 any wishes you may express. 



I hope the box of plants will please you ; it contains a good 

 many which I have never seen in flower, and can therefore say 

 nothing about. Of those I know, you will be glad to have a healthy 

 plant of Tacca Rafflesiana.* 3 I need not say take care of it: it is 

 the only one I have met with. There are besides two species of 

 Arum,** one of Calla, 85 a Pinus, 86 and another nearly allied with 

 distichous leaves, 87 the Pancratium amboinense 88 several species 

 of A mom inn, an Aerifies*'' and several other kinds <,!' air plants, 

 and plants of which the specimens are numbered 183-220-239. 

 These T think are the chief contents, and most are at present 

 vigorous. 



I also send a supplement to my last dispatch of specimens, 

 containing many duplicates, and new ones down to 2G3 as per 

 enclosed list. A few of these are from Achecn. brought by Sir 

 Stamford, which I have not had time to look over. He brought 

 very few, as they were but little on shore, and too busy to attend 

 much to them. The principal known ones from thence are the 

 splendid Barririgtonia speciosa,' M) the Nymphwa ci/anea, Eoxb. 91 

 at least I take it to be so and several of which I have sent speci- 

 mens from hence as Volkameria, Calophyllum, Cardiospermum, 

 Gmelina. 



I send you a few seeds of the Pernambuco cotton, which T 

 have mentioned to you : and a few other seeds. Among the plants 

 lately found, of which the specimens are not dry, are the Guettarda 



83. Tacca cristata, see note No. 39. 



84. Arum. Unless there is some manuscript record of the fate of 

 this at Calcutta, it is impossible to guess what it was, as botanists in the 

 time of Jack put so many different Aroids under the genus Arum. 



85. Calla humilis, Calla angustifolia, and Calla nitida were all des- 

 cribed by Jack from Penang. The first is Homalonema humile, Hook, f., 

 the second Homalonema angustifolium, Hook, f., and the third Aglaionema 

 oblongi folium, Schott. The first two are plentiful in Penang. 



86. Dacrydium elatum, Wall. See note No. 101 in the next letter. 



87. Podocarpus imbricatus, Blume (P. cupressina.) 



88. In regard to Pancratium amboinense, it is not possible to say how 

 Jack used the name. 



89. If Jack sent Aerides suavissima to Wallich, he had got an orchid 

 which now occurs very rarely in Penang. 



90. Barringtonia speciosa, Forst. is a shore tree exceeding likely to 

 occur at Acheen. 



91. Nymphcea cyanea. Eoxb., is a variety of A T . stellata, Willd., quite 

 likely to occur at Acheen. 



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