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Melia quinquelocularis	Fl[owers] Aug[u]st

Fagonia hispanica	Spanish Fagonia. 1752

Tribolusi cistoides	Cistus - like Calthrop[?]
Millerii in his Dict[ionary] says that it was found in South America by D[octo]r. Houstoniii but does not mention that he sent him seeds of this plant, it must therefore be searched deeper than the 8th edit[ion] of his dict[ionary] to prove its introd[uctio]n. D[octo]r H[ouston] died 1733 & all plants introd[uced] by the D[octo]r is best noted as before the period of the D[octo]r[']s death[.] Work out individually[,] query the times

i Tribulus
ii Philip Miller, head gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London
iii William Houstoun (occasionally spelt Houston) (1695? Houston, Renfrewshire- 14 August 1733 Kingston, Jamaica) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who collected plants in the West Indies, Mexico and South America.