The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany, 

 Vol. VII, No. 6, December, 1912. 



ROXBURGH'S HORTUS BENGALENSIS. . 



By C. B. Robinson. 

 (From the New York Botanical Garden, New York, U. S. A.) 



Carey's introduction to this work is dated June 4, 1814, and 

 shows that the text had already been printed j 1 the title-page is 

 dated 1814. Consecutively paged after the Hortus Bengalensis, 

 is "A Catalogue of Plants, described by Dr. Roxburgh, in his 

 Mss. Flora Indica, but not yet introduced into the Botanical 

 Garden." Although its title-page is dated 1813, it must have 

 been printed after the Hortus Bengalensis, of which it prac- 

 tically forms a part, and it appears safe to keep the accepted 

 date, 1814, as that of publication of both. 



Together, these contain nearly 4,000 binomial names, and it 

 has been customary to consider either, that all such as appear 

 for the first time are therein published, or that none of them are 

 deserving of such recognition. A brief consideration of four 

 cases, each typical of many, will be sufficient to show that the 

 binomial names of the Hortus Bengalensis fall into at least four 

 classes. 



Systematic names. 



Synonyma & 

 Remarks. 



Native 

 place. 



Donors and 

 time, &c. 



Dura- 

 tion & 

 habit. 



Time of 

 flowering. 



Time of 

 seed. . 



CANNA. 



glauca.. 





America. . 



India, &c . 

 Pegu 



W. Hamilton, 

 Esq. 1799. 



1795 



H. E. 



h E. 



% E. 

 C. S. 



R. S. 



H. S. 

 R. S. 



0. D. C. S. 



C. S. 

 7-8. 



PHRYNIUM. 



dichotomum, R. 

 spicatum, R. 



GRATIOLA. 

 amara, R. 5. 



H. Seetwl-patee. 3. 



Mr. F. Carey, 

 1809. 



H. C. 1800 



Moluccas . 









1 "In examining the catalogue, several errors in the terminations of the 



specific names have been detected The greatest part 



of it was printed off before this was discovered." 



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