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Rondeletia laevigata			Dr Roxburghi 

R      asiatica         is this Prycotica[?].  	cult[ivated] Mill Dichii and not in wild
                             <italizied words above inserted in another hand?>
								 
R.	febrifuga				Dr App<one letter illegible> elius

Lobelia campanuloides	is mentioned by Thunburgiii as Nat[ive] of Japan the plant I have known for L. camp[anuloides] is from C.B.I.[?] enquire into this plant

L. secunda 	secondary Lateral flowering is this a good English Name
						1790  Mr Massoniv

L. Fi[?]< very faint>billidifolia[?] 		1790	send Book

Cypheav bulbosa				1790 Bulbous Cyphae[?]
  volubilis	1795 I have doubts of this plant 
Mr Massoniv brough[t] Home two cypheas   one with very large Turnip Root[.] Will do descripn.  & this plant differs a little.

Goodenia ovata	1793. H.C. this was surely introd[uced] before 1793. by whom? is not yellow flowered a better name than[?]<blot obscures last letter> ovata[?]
ask Mr Hoyvi for the Introd[uction] whose memory is very correct.

G. laevigata	raised by Mr Curtisvii  in 1793. given Him by Mr Tolfreyviii & brought to England by Captain Tenchix. ? which of the three is introducer of this plant. 
     albida 	1795 Sir J. Banksx this species flowered twice in the Barn

Scavola
Scaevola Lobelia	this is mentioned by Miller that seeds[?] of this plant were sent to England in 1724 by Catesbyxi. Our plant was introd[uced] by the Providencexii 
 
 
i Dr William Roxburgh[?] (1751-1815), pioneer of Indian botany
ii Miller's Dictionary - the full title is The Gardener's Dictionary by Philip Miller, 1691 - 1771
iii Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), Swedish naturalist (ancestor of Greta perhaps?) 
iv Francis Masson[?] (1741-1805), Scottish botanist and garden, Kew's first plant hunter. 
v Cyphia 
vi Thomas Hoy[?] (c.1750-1822), English gardener and naturalist
vii William Curtis producer of Curtis's Botanical Magazine.  Wikipedia has this entry: The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
viii Samuel Tolfrey[?] (c.1754-1827), Civil Auditor General of British Ceylon or his nephew, William Tolfrey[?] (1778-1817) British Civil Servant in Ceylon.
ix Captain Watkin Tench[?] (1759?-1833), soldier and author
x Sir Joseph Banks[?] (1743-1820), Botanist
xi Mark Catesby[?] (1682-1749), Plant Collector
xii HMS Providence[?]