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    Banisteria laurifolia	   Willd.1 is . Banisteria angulosa . Mill dict
			      1759.      Cult[Cultivated] by Mr. Philip Miller2 who
			              says He received seeds of this plant
   			  	   from Dr. Houston3 , it does not appear
			   	   by His observations that the seeds grew
			   	   as He mentions that from many seeds
			   	   He received at this time of Banisterias	
			   	   few came af[ter]. He mentions having seed of
			   	   plants of several other sp[ecies] but nothing 
			   	   it is therefore said introd[uced] at this time
			   	   He cultivated it which was 1759. =

     Banisteria benghalensis       Syst plant [word deleted. Illeg.]
is  Gartnerae4 racemosa   	       Willd

     Banisteria laurifolia fulgens   1759	Cult by Mr Philip Miller. Edit [full stop?]
				     		is thining fruited a good
						English  N.[?] B		
	
			  brachiata  1759 .        Mill dict
		 		                          English name wanting
					                n.

			   nitida .     1793           Mr. Anderson5
						 Nat of Brazil where it was found
						 by Cammerson6 thining leavd.
						 Brazilian Banisteria

     Averrhoa Bilimbi                    1791           Sir. J. Banks.7
						     English Name & fl. [?]

                     carambola	        1793 	     by the providence ship8
		   				     English. fl.

    Spondias dulcis.    1793	           by H. M. S. Providence9 .
					Society Islands.
					Otaheite apple or Heg[?] plan[?]
					Evo[?] or Hog plant.

Cotyledon hispanica                  1798. Lady Bate [?].
					       Spanish Navel work[?] .
 Sedum octandrum        [?]   1769 Virginian Home Crop[Croft?].
 Grielum tenuifolium		       1790         Mr. T. Mason[?]
 Cerastium alpinum ---			  Britain   
			                

1 Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 - 10 July 1812). German botanist, pharmacist and plant taxonomist. Founder of phytogeography, the study of the geographical distribution of plants. 
2 Philip Miller (1691 - 1771) English botanist of Scottish descent. Chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until before his death.
3 Possibly William Houston (occasionally spelt Houston). (1695?-1733), Scottish surgeon and botanist who collected plants in West Indies, Mexico and South America.
4 Possibly Gaertnera racemosa (IPNI)
5 Possibly James Anderson (1738 - 1809) Scottish physician and botanist.
6 No records found so far.
7 Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820). 
8 Probably the H.M.S. Providence.
9 H.M.S. Providence was a sloop of the Royal Navy, famous for being commanded by William Bligh on his second breadfruit voyage between 1791 and 1794. Bligh completed a mission to collect breadfruit trees and other botanical specimens from the Pacific which were given to the royal Botanic Gardens in St. Vincent.