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to his

f his

that

government on the detailed resulto

mission. Ser goseph Hooker trusts

this report will be printed and that

he will be furnished with copies for

distribution.

2. Sti

Joseph Hooker trusts that Mr Ford

will send to this country dried herbarium

Specimens of the authentic "Cassia lignea "

plant for scientific examination.

18

You will observe from my

&e blev

1881, that such specime no

"

of November

have never

do

yet been

out mitted to

competent

Mo

20276

of Cine

470 ma rr2 are

of

difficult

deverimination that till good flowering

G

and

fruiting specimens have been compared

in a large European herbarium the exact

the plant yielding

specific determination ช

casvid.

lig

been

cannot be considered to have

ascertained beyond doubt. Mr Ford's.

view that the plant is Cinnamomurni

Cassia

may

be correct but it is

w necessary

Europea

that it should receive

imprimatuf.

کی

ard to the distribution

regard

W k

z

tRe

young planto on

oa dile

diligently

collected

Byp

botanical determination.

Mr Ford identifies the plant with

Cinna

amomu nv Cassial.

But the species.

of

Mr Ford, Sir Joseph Hooker would suggest

that

for the prevent it will be sufficient

to send them as

follows:-

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