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* EUPHORIA Lôngan. 
The Longan Tree. 
POLYGAMIA MON(£ECIA. 
Nat. ord. SaPINDACER, (Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, 
p. 116.) 
EUPHORIA. Supra, vol. 13, fol. 1059. 
E. Longan ; foliolis subquadrijugis cum impare ovali-lanceolatis obtusis opa- 
cis, venis subtus elevatis pinnatis, floribus paniculatis, fructibus iner- 
mibus verrucosis. 
Euphoria Longana. Lamarck Dict. 3. 574. De Cand. Prodr. 1. 611. 
Dimocarpus Longan. Lour. Cochinch. 1.988. Hort. Trans. vol. 2. t.28.* 
Nephelium Longanum. Cambess. Wight et Arnott. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 
213, 
Scytalia Longan. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 270. 
The Litchi and the Longan are two of the finest fruits 
that the Chinese possess. . Both are occasionally sent to 
England as presents, but they are never seen in the shops. 
They have, when imported, a brown shell, which in the 
former is prickly, in the latter simply warted, and contain a 
single seed surrounded by a succulent aril, having much the 
taste of an excellent raisin, only rather more vinous. 
This species seldom flowers, and has produced its fruit 
in only one place in this country: namely, at Mr. John 
— 
* Literally well-bearing, in allusion to the value of its fruit, and the 
abundance in which it is produced. 
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