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tirely from Rheede, and still adhering to the supposition of its belonging to the 
Malvacee, described the Adamboe by the name of Adambea glabra. He after- 
wards (Enc. Méth. iii. 357.) was satisfied that the ddambea was in fact the 
Munchhausia speciosa of Linnzus, but belonged to the same genus with the 
Lagerstremia indica, as Jussieu had hinted (Gen. Plant. 367.). He therefore 
called it Lagerstraemia Munchhausia (Enc. Méth. iii.375.), which had, he alleged, 
been described by Retzius under the name of Lagerstremia major. He now 
thought that this genus was more nearly allied to the Salicariw, where it still 
remains in the system of Jussieu (Gen. Plant. 367.), although I suspect that it 
has a greater affinity to the Myrtew, especially to Sonneratia. 
Willdenow (Sp. PZ. ii. 1179.), although he admits that the Munchhausia and 
Lagerstreemia belong to the same genus, does not admit the Adamboe to be 
the M. speciosa, but alleges it to be the Lagerstraemia Regine of Roxburgh, or 
the Flos Regine of Rumphius, or the Jarul of the Bengalese, a plant with 
which I am perfectly acquainted: the Jarul, however, is a large forest-tree, 
while the 4damboe is but a bush, * septem circiter pedes alta;" nor did Dr. 
Roxburgh quote it for his plant (Hort. Beng. 38.). Iam therefore persuaded, 
that from the L. Regine of Willdenow we must remove the synonyma of 
Lamarck, Ray and Rheede to the L. Munchhausia, as M. Lamarck has done. 
It must be observed, that in the eastern parts of Bengal, and in Ava, where 
alone I have seen it growing spontaneously, the L. Reginc has frequently on 
its trunk and larger branches a few strong straight spines, from one to three 
inches long. These seem to arise chiefly in old trees, growing in a favourable 
soil, and are considered by the natives as indicating a much finer timber than 
that produced by trees on which there are no spines. On this account the 
Bengalese add the specific name kanta, or ‘thorny’; but I do not think that 
these thorns constitute a difference of species in the sense adopted by botanists. 
I have given specimens of this to the library at the India House. 
I have also given to the same collection specimens of a tree from the same 
country, which Dr. Roxburgh called Lagerstremia grandiflora (Hort. Beng. 
38.), but which I consider as belonging to a distinct genus, connecting in the 
strongest manner the Lagerstremias with the Sonneratias. In 1798 I sent 
specimens of this to Sir Joseph Banks under the name of Duabanga, to which 
I now add the specific name Sonneratioides. In Tripura it is called Duya- 
