Location

Name: Pundua (Pundua, Pundooah)

Standard Name: Pundua

Modern Name: Companiganj

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

All specimens marked Pundua come from the hills north of Pundua. The locality given as Pundua is probably close to modern-day Companiganj, not to be confused with Panduah in West Bengal.

Collector/Herbarium: Smith, De Silva

Collector

Name: Smith, M.R. (MRS)

Standard Name: Smith, M.R.

Note

Matthew Richard Smith, magistrate at Sylhet (Bangladesh?), made plant collections in Sylhet and neighbouring districts.

Check: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists 638. 1994 (brief biography): b. Henton St George, Somerset 22 June 1749 d. Sylhet, India 14 July 1819. Magistrate, Pundua, Sylhet, where he had a garden of native plants. Sent plants to Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Collected in Bengal, 1810-16/