JACK'S LETTEES TO WALLICH, 1819-1821. 263 



(letters pp. 203, 204, 208 and 209). He drew up a very care- 

 ful description of it under the name of Rafflesia Titan, and put 

 it into print along with other material for the third of his Des- 

 criptions of Malayan Plants, hut withdrew it as Eobert Brown 

 had prepared a description under the name of Rafflesia 

 Arnoldi. . Jack's description was published by Sir William 

 Hooker in the companion to the Botanical Magazine in 1835, 

 vol. i. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. 



Aristolochia hastata, Jack, was described from Xatal, 

 Sumatra, in the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 6. 



MYRISTICACEAE. 



Myristica fragrans, Houtt., the nutmeg, is mentioned 

 in Jack's letters, both its cultivation in Penang (p. 152) and 

 in Bencoolen (p. 183). 



Knetna glaucescens, Jack, was described in the Malay. 

 Misc. ii. Xo. T, p. 35. 



LAURACEAE. 



Dehaasia microcarpa, Blume, probably is the Laurus 

 incrassata mentioned in Jack's letters (p. 230) and described 

 in the Malay. Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 33, as from Xatal, Sumatra. 

 The reduction depends on Wallich's authority in his Catalogue 

 under Xo. 2589. 



Dehaasia sp. ? Another " Laurus " is mentioned by Jack 

 as a Bencoolen plant under his description of the last. 



Cinnamomum Parthenoxylon, Meissn., was described 

 by Jack under the name of Laurus Parthenoxylon in Malay. 

 Misc. i. Xo. 5, p. 28, from Sumatra, and is mentioned in his 

 letters (p. 203), 



Tetracera arborescens, Jack, was described from Tapa- 

 nuli, Sumatra, in the Malay. Misc. i. Xo. 5, p. 45. 



Litsea cor data, Hook. f. was described by Jack from 

 Sumatra under the name of Tetrantliera cordata in the Malay. 

 Misc. ii. Xo. 7, p. 3-1. 



PROTEACEAE. 



Heticia attenuate, Blume, was described as Rliopala 

 attenuata in the Malay. Misc. i. Xo. 5, p. 10 from Penang and 

 the specimens were distributed as Xo. 1010 of Wallich's 

 Catalogue. 



HeUcia petiolaris, Benn., was described in the Malay. 

 Misc. i. Xo. 5, p. 10 as Rfiopola moluccana, and the specimens 

 were distributed as Xo. 1041 of Wallich's Catalogue. 



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