Location

Name: Sylhet (Sillet)

Standard Name: Sylhet

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Herb. Hamilton, Bruce, De Silva, Smith.

Some specimens are marked 'Sillet', others 'montes Sillet' or 'mont. Sillet'. Montes Sillet indicates the Khasi Hills, in Assam. Specimens marked only 'Sillet' (or 'Sylhet' etc) can be from either the Khasi Hills or from Bengal/Bangladesh.
 

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/