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List mentioned in the preceding Letter
1. Nova Gens i   The Bichy treeii (see Hortus Eastensisiii by the late ingenious Dr . Broughton,iv 1 Plant
2 Atrocarpus incisav    {Line}                                                                                                          1 Do vi
3 Nova Genera The Akee vii (see Hortus Eastensis)						           1Do
4 Aphaelis Sp: (Taphogamia)viii Callicoccaix  {Line}						           1 Dox
5 Laurus Chloroxylon {line}               							                      2 Do
6 Melastoma sp: (small hairy leaf {line}								           1 Do
7 Lisianthus Chelonoidesxi	 {line}										1 Do
8 Wrightea Albaxii  {line}											1 Do
9 Picramnia antedismaxiii {line}										 1 Do
10 Melastemaxiv sp[.] (very dwarf leaf pilosexv shining						 1 Do
11 Laurus sp: {line} xvi									                      1 Do
12 Melastoma sp {line}											1 Do
13 Novum Genus (Pent:xvii monog;xviii a most beau=tifulxix small Tree  {line}		                }xx 2 Do
14 Laurus sp: {line}xxi											2 Do
15 Clethra sp.  {line}											2 Do
16 Cordia Gerascanthus {line}										1 Do
17 The Down Treexxii {line}											2 Do
18 Biosimum spuriumxxiii   {line}										1 Do
19 Unknown {line}											           1 Do
20 Cocos butyracea {line}											1 Do
21 Justicia sp: {line}											           1 Do
22 Melastoma sp: (rough nitidxxiv leaf)  {line}								1 Do
23 Weinmannia pinnata {line}										1 Do
24  Bursera gummifera {line}										1 Do
25 Melastoma sp: {line}											1 Do
26 Solandra grandiflora a climber having a large beautiful bell - Flower (Atropa?)}xxv		1 Do
27 Atropa lateriflora xxvi{line}										1 Do
28 Melastoma sessilifolia xxvii  {line}									1 Do
29 Melastoma sp: (leaves large like the sessilifolia but having foot stalksxxviii }xxix --		           1 Do
30 Sidrophyllumxxx of Brownxxxi {line}									1 Do
i Nova Genus - A standard nomenclature used for New Genus.
ii Cola acuminata. Originally used to impart the Cola flavour in Coc Cola. In Hortus Eastensis page 34 The Bichy Tree said to have been "..noticed by Sir Hans Sloane in his Natural history of Jamaica, as having been brought from the coasts of Guinea.." This Natural HIstory of Jamaica is available for searching and download from the Natural History museum https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/sloane-herbarium/
iii Hortus Eastensis is a Catalogue of Exotic Plants Cultivated in the Botanic Garden, in the Mountains of Liguanea, in the Island of Jamaica by Arthur Broughton. Later updated by James Wiles. Available free  (https://play.google.com/store) 

iv Broughton, Arthur, Doctor, 1758-1796 , physician and botanist. viaf = 315652749 Wrote Hortus Eastensis (note may be Broughton with a comma not an s). 
As a boy, Arthur studied and collected plants from around Bristol, recording for the first time the rare Slender Hare's Ear (Bupleurum temissum) in the Avon Gorge. In 1782 at just 24, he was shipped out to Jamaica after suffering a bout of ill health. With his strength soon improved, he began to collect and study newly discovered plants from the Jamaican countryside, and translated Thunberg's Latin article on the recipes for the Breadfruit tree. In recognition of his achievements, his name has been given to the 'Broughtonia' group of orchids, to the species Cassia broughtonii and an entire area in Western Jamaica. Broughton died in Jamaica, in 1796, and the herbarium was donated to the museum, where it has been cared for ever since. http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/narratives.php?irn=13039
https://uk.icom.museum/resources/case-studies/bristol-museums-galleries-archives-visit-jamaica-with-wirp-travel-grant/
v There is no Atrocarpus or Atracarpus (the o may be an a) but there is an Artocarpus incisus on ipni.org
vi The superscript O has underneath it ditto marks probably just to show abbreviation. Where I have underlined a superscript it is not underlined but has these ditto marks under it .
vii Blighia sapida, Ackee or Akee. Brought from West Africa to Jamaica. Captain William Bligh brought it from Jamaica to Kew.

viii No reference found for Aphaelis Sp: (Taphogamia or Japhogamia)
ix Callicocca Genus now known as Psychotria. 
x In the right-hand margin are a series of about 16  short scratchy upright lines as though someone may have been counting
xi Lisianthus is a genus but no reference found to chelanoides
xii Wrightea is a listed genus but no reference to species alba. a description of its colour -white?
xiii Picramnia antedesma
xiv Melastoma 
xv Pilose meaning fine soft hair (Collins dictionary)
xvi There are short vertical marks along the line here possibly indicating that the sentence above (very dwarf leaf pilose  may also refer to Laurus Sp. but not clear.
xvii Abbreviation for Pentandria (Class of flowers with 5 stamens).Linnean plant classification (obsolete, used for identification) 
xviii Abbreviation for Monogynia  A Linn�an order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.
xix Beautiful across two lines the = sign joining them
xx Entry number 13 covers 2 lines and this bracket indicates that both lines are one entry and there   	are 2 specimens of number 13

xxi The short vertical lines on the horizontal lines as before in xvii
xxii It may be an old name for Ceiba pentandra, the Kapok tree which produces cotton-like or downy surrounded seeds and is native to the Caribbean, Mexico and Northern South America. The material is known as Kapok down. Or less likely may be The Baobab - Adansonia sp. is known as the upside down tree due to the appearance of its trunk. This is native to Africa ,Australia and Madagascar.
xxiii No reference can be found for this genus and species
xxiv Nitid meaning Bright; lustrous; shining
xxv This bracket encompasses the end of entry number 26 which covers two lines.
xxvi lateriflora  is not a recognised species of Atropa but lateriflora in latin means 'flank flowers'. Another plant, Scutellaria lateriflora has flowers which do not appear at the top of the main stem, but are produced along the length of side branches that grow from the leaf axils
xxvii Melastoma sessilifolium  on ipni.org
xxviii Footstalk is another name for petiole or peduncle. The short supporting stalk of a leaf or flower.
xxix this bracket encompasses the statement about the leaves which is across two lines
xxx no reference has been found for this genus Sidrophyllum. Only a Rhododendron siderophyllum.
Sidro -stars in Latin Phyllum Leaves in Latin.
xxxi Possibly this is Brown, Robert, Rt Hon. 1773-1858, viaf = 34572082 Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. Discovered and named numerous species particularly in Australia and later named the nucleus of the cell and described the motion of minute particles now known as Brownian motion.