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



Bauhinia emarginata, Jack, is described in the Malay. 



Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 75 from Sumatra. 



Bauhinia bidentata, Jack, is described in the Malay, 

 Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 76 as from the forests of Malaya. In his 

 letters (p. 165) he refers to it as occuring in Penang. 



Pithecolobium lobatum, Benth., was described by Jack 

 under the name of Mimosa Jiringa in the Malay. Misc. i. Xo. 

 1, p. 14. He collected it in Penang, and records Malacca 

 as an additional locality, perhaps from Farquhar's collection 

 of drawings. He discusses it in his letters to Wallich (pp. 

 159 and 165). 



Pithecolobium Clypearia, Benth., was described by Jack 

 in Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 78 as Inga Clypearia, from Ben- 

 coolen. It is mentioned in his letters as found also in Penang 

 (p. 165) and recognised by him as one of Kumpf's plants (p. 

 230). 



Pithecolobium bubalinum, Benth., is described by Jack 

 in the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 77, as Inga bubalina. 



ROSACEAE. 



Rubus alceaefolius, Poir., is mentioned in Jack's letters 

 (p. 152) as a Penang plant. 



P armarium costatum, Blume, was described by Jack 

 from Sumatra but without any locality in the Malay. Misc. 

 ii. Xo. 7, p. 67, under the name of Petrocarya sumatrana. 



P armarium Jackianum, Benth., was described by Jack 

 without locality in the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 66, under 

 the name of Petrocarya excelsa. 



RHIZOPHORACEAE. 



Rhizophora mucronata, Lamk., is mentioned in Jack's 

 letters (p. 175) as a Penang plant. 



Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Lamk., is mentioned in Jack's 

 letters (p. 175) as a Penang plant. 



Bruguiera caryophylloides, Blume, is described as 

 Phizophora caryopliylloides in the Malay. Misc. 8. Xo. 5. p. 

 34, from Penang and Singapore. ' It is also mentioned in his 

 letters (p. 154) as a Penang plant. 



Anisophyltaea trapezoidalis, Baill., is described from 

 Singapore, Sumatra and elsewhere under the name of Halo- 

 ragis disticha in the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 19. 



COMBRETACEAE. 



Lumnitzera coccinea, W. & A., is described by Jack in 

 the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 57 as Pyrrhanttlius littoreus 



Jour. Straits Branch. 



