on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IV. 161 
TssEM Tanti, p. 25. tab. 11. 
The vulgar in Malabar, by a very rude attempt at classification, place this 
in the same genus with the preceding Terminalia; while the Brahmans err 
no less in calling it a Mori, that is, a Pepper, for which there seems no other 
ground but its having some aromatic quality. Commeline makes no attempt 
at classification, a prudence which Ray might as well have adopted, instead of 
calling it Myxa pyriformis ossiculo trispermo, by which absurdity he induced . 
Plukenet to compare it with the Prunus Sebestenc similis Americana of Her- 
man (dim. 306.), by no means an improvement. 
Linneeus, in the first edition of the Species Plantarum, followed by Burman 
(Fl. Ind. 16.) and by Willdenow (Sp. Pl. i. 187.), rightly considered it as a 
distinct genus, which he called Rumphia, and gave this the specific name am- 
boinensis. This, however, was doing little more than freeing us from the error 
of Ray, for its affinities are not mentioned, and some difficulties attend the 
giving it a place, as Jussieu refers it with hesitation to his T'erebinthacee, and 
doubts if it is not more nearly allied to the Sapindi. M. Poiret seems to adopt 
the former opinion without doubt (Enc. Méth. Suppl. vi. 352.). The specific name 
given by Linnzeus was probably with a view to express the connexion of Rum- 
phius with Amboyna; but as it might also imply that the tree was a produc- 
tion of this country, where it has not yet been discovered, M. Lamarck changed 
the name into £i/ieefolia (Tabl. Enc. 96.; Ill. Gen. t. 25.), which has been fol- 
lowed by M. Poiret (Enc. /Méth. vi. 352.). 
Mat NanEGAM, seu Nara Maram, seu Catu Tsseru NanEaaM, p. 27. tab. 12. 
Naregam, a generic term used for a good many plants, seems to be the same 
with Narenggi, used occasionally in the Gangetic dialects for plants of the 
genus called Citrus by botanists; although Limbo, evidently the same with 
the Nimba of the Brahmans of Malabar, is more common. Al these terms, 
however, are applied to several plants having very little affinity to the Citrus, 
as is the case here. Mal, the specific name used in the text, signifies moun- 
tain; and Rana, employed by the Brahmans, signifies wild. The Dutch, 
therefore, rightly interpret the native name into Wilde Citroenen. Concerning 
the terms Nara and Nani I can give no explanation, only that they seem both 
