Dillenia aurea

Another species described by Smith entirely based on Hardwicke’s drawings is Dillenia aurea . This was not found by Hardwicke on the expedition to Srinagar, but came from much further east, probably in what is now Bangladesh. There are drawings in the British Library collection (Vol. XVI, nos. 70 and

71) that are clearly the source for Smith’s plates; indeed they bear pencil annotations of ‘Tab. 92’ and ‘Tab. 93’.