On advice of [William] Withering is sending a specimen of the "creeping fig", with fruit. [Francis] Masson [(1741-1805), Kew plant collector] called it 'Ficus pumila' but Abbé Correa [José Corrêa de Serra] calls it 'Ficus repens', it grows abundantly in greenhouse of Royal Botanic Garden. Saw Correa and the "unfortunate [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet" [who was forced to leave Paris and then Madrid], who disembarked in Lisbon after becoming concerned by reports of patrolling French cruisers. Has attempted to get Broussonet passage on the King's ship but Captain Rodney has strict orders against carrying French passengers. Broussonet agrees the fig is 'Ficus repens'. Sir Henry Vane, baronet, has taken charge of it on the "America".