my friends, the Messrs. Suepparps, raised in the great stove 
of the Liverpool Botanic Garden ; where it has blossomed, 
I believe, for the first time in this country. Nor can I 
refer to a good figure of the plant. Those in the Hortus 
Malabaricus are peculiarly unsatisfactory, while that of 
JAcQuIN gives no idea of the size and beauty of the foliage. 
An excellent drawing, indeed, sent from Calcutta by Dr. 
Roxpuren, exists among the splendid collection in the 
India House, which I had the opportunity of copying 
some years ago, and it quite corresponds with our plant, 
which was raised from seeds sent to Liverpool by Dr. 
Watucu. Roxsuren, in his MSS., states the plant to be 
a native of the Andaman Isles; Rueepe of the forests of 
Malabar: but in regard to many useful plants, it is ex- 
tremely difficult to say where the species is indigenous, and 
where introduced from other countries. The var. 8, sub- 
cordata, though allowed by De Canpotte to be scarcely 
different, even as a var., from «, is reckoned by some a: 
native of the Caribbee Islands. The Mauritius again is 
considered to produce a species distinct from this: but the 
plant which I have received from that island, from Caartes 
Trtrair, Esq. and Professor Boszr, appears to me to be 
identical with our T. Catappa. ats 
The tree is said to delight in a sandy soil. Its fruit is 
abundantly eaten, being, according to Lamarck, served up 
at the first tables in India. Dr. Roxsureu compares the 
flavour of the kernel to that of fine almonds or filberts. 
An oil, too, is expressed from it, equal to the best olive oil, 
and which does not become rancid. The wood is white, 
hard, and useful for a variety of purposes, and the tree 
itself, on account of its beauty and the shade it yields, is 
planted about houses, &c. Emulsions are made by the 
Indians of the fruit, and the leaves mixed with river-water 
are said to cure the cholic. 
Fig. 1. Base of a Leaf to show the Glands. 2. Flower. 3. Scale and 
Stamen, 4, Stamen. 5, 5. Fruits from Demerara. 6. Fruit, with husk, cut 
through to show the nut. 7. Seed. 8. Embryo. 9. Section of ditto—All 
but fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, more or less magnified. 
