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who made matters worse by observing in reply, that he thought 

 the omission was the only good thing in the whole volume. 

 When you take up the subject of Tea, shew up Cambessedes 

 for separating Thea and Camellia so widely. I allude in my 

 report to a new genus of Tern s tree miaceae ; the plant has infe- 

 rior fruit ; but what is this now a days ! Dr. Lindley has done 

 great service in his Nixus, by forming Alliances. But how strange 

 is it, the more I see, the more 1 feel the extent of my obligations 

 to Solly, Brown, and Lindley, and it is these obligations that will 

 in future lead me to send every thing, particularly such papers as 

 may be accompanied with drawings, to Mr. Solly. Santalum is now 

 published in the Linn. Soc. Transactions, with three handsome 

 plates. 



Calcutta, Oct. 1838. 



Going through the collections : I find I have 1,900 species from the 

 Tenasserim coast, that the deputation collections made on the Khasya 

 hills amount to 1,700 species, and I expect by my own, to add another 

 1,000 to them. I have besides about 800 from the Mishmee moun- 

 tains, and 1,500 from Bootan, Yet you have given me too large an 

 amount, when you estimate my collections at between 7,200, and 

 8,000 species. Of many there are very few duplicates, for you must 

 know that in most of my peregrinations, means of carriage were 

 very difficult to be had. Speak not of 2,400 sp. in one year being 

 great, last year from Sept. 21 to May 21st. I collected upwards of 

 3,000 species, I find that I have many very interesting plants, and 

 shall certainly claim the privilege of publishing them with names, 

 in which case I shall point out the want of means of determining a 

 single plant here beyond Roxburghs ; and some of his, without 

 figures are incomprehensible. Of all such as have five or six speci- 

 mens, I shall keep one for you, as I consider that you are entitled 

 to as complete a series as possible. When you are to get them 

 I cannot say, for I have not yet got half through the arrangement, 

 and shall afterwards have to throw the whole of the collections 

 together, to ascertain the number of species. Would that you 

 were here. My movement are not as yet very certain: Jenkins 

 has applied for me, but the Govt, think me thrown away in As- 



