Letter 2695

Uvedale has forwarded a compilation of all the drug and herb specimens he received from Siam to Sloane. He supposes it comprises all of the flora in that country. Uvedale desires an interpreter for the labels and discusses classification of the specimens. Robert Uvedale (1642-1722) was a botanist and schoolteacher. Though he was involved in the Royal Society he never became a member. Uvedale collected specimens for his personal herbarium, which was eventually acquired by Sir Hans Sloane (G. S. Boulger, Uvedale, Robert (16421722), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28042, accessed 9 June 2011]).