Various plant diagnoses on paper slips, but not arranged according to any discernible system.
Includes specific descriptions, generic descriptions, some lists of genera and species related to works such as Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627-1702) or people Linnaeus fil. had interactions with such as Francis Masson (1741-1805), and drawings of plant characteristics.
The following genera are dealt with: "Cypripedium", "Saxifraga", "Rhizophora", "Hedysarum", "Pistacia", "Convolvulus", "Seymera", "Brunsfelsia", "Euphorbia", "Aloe", "Tetracera", "Rhamnus", "Zizyphus", "Alaternus", "Thamnia" "Cyrilla", "Sonneratia", "Verbena", "Santalum", "Chelone", "Penstemon", "Myrica", "Brunnichia", "Nypa", "Heliconia", "Pancratium", "Lonicera", "Asclepias", "Robinia", "Solandra", "Phalaris", "Phleum", "Eucomea" (for "Eucommia"), "Lagerstroemia", "Gordonia", "Nelia", "Cylista", "Berlinia", "Violacea", "Thalassia", "Erythronium", "Thespesia", "Pistia", "Musa", "Thamnea", "Pancratium", "Doratium", "Ammannia", "Ilex", "Hymenaea", "Caesalpini", "Gaultheria", "Aegiphila", "Samara", "Augea", "Bauhinia", "Dracaena", "Lanaria", "Phormium", "Lichen", "Empleurum", "Serrulatum", "Dorstenia", "Begonia", "Scitaminea", "Hypoesthes", "Justicia", "Calceolaria", "Alpinia", "Amomum", "Kaempheria", "Fothergilla", "Mentzelia", "Marsilea".
Includes desiderata lists (f. 24, in Francis Masson's (1741-1805) hand and f. 57, in Linnaeus fil.'s hand with Masson's name at the top)
Paper with watermark Britannia / J Whatman of English paper maker James Whatman the Younger (1741-1798), and C Taylor.