on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IV. 237 
is no reason to suppose that the plants are the same, although they may belong 
to one genus. 
In the woods near Goyalpara I found a tree called there Si/apoma, which I 
think may very possibly be the Kari Vetti; but as I did not see the flower, I 
am by no means certain. When I presented specimens to the library at the 
India House, I considered it as perhaps a Myginda; but now I think that 
both it and the Kari Vetti may be the Olea dioica of Dr. Roxburgh (Fl. Ind. 
i. 105.), although he says that in Silhet (Srihata) his tree is called Atta Jam. 
Such differences in vernacular names are, however, not uncommon even at 
less distances than between Goyalpara and Silhet. I shall here describe the 
Sila Poma, so far as I had an opportunity of observing it. 
Arbor elata ligno utili. Ramuli nudi, punctis elevatis asperiusculi, compres- 
siusculi. Folia subopposita, oblonga, basi acuta, apice acuminata, mu- 
cronato-serrata, rigida, subcostata, venosa, glabra. Petiolus brevissimus, 
glaber, supra concavus, non stipulaceus. 
Panicule axillares, solitarize, oppositæ, folio deficiente seepe nudate. Rami 
suboppositi. Pedicelli breves; laterales oppositi, terminales terni. 
Drupa calyci minuto quadrifido insidens, magnitudine Pisi ovalis, acuta, 
carne tenui induta. Nua figura drupe fragilis, unilocularis. Semen 
unicum, magnum. Albumen carnosum. Embryo rectus. Radicula teres. 
Cotyledones ovatze, plane, parallelze. b 
The Arbor vespertilionis of Rumphius (Herb. Amb. vii. 17. t. 10.) and the 
Parili of Rheede (Hort. Mal. v. 5. 1. 3.) have a great resemblance to this 
plant; but these I shall have further occasion to examine. 
Pe seu PEE Verti, p. 113. tab. 55. 
This other Vetti was conjectured by Commeline to be the same with the 
Solanum somniferum antiquorum ex Creta insula of Prosper Alpinus. He 
indeed admits, * quod Pevetti in justze magnitudinis excrescat arborem, at 
Solanum somniferum antiquorum humilis tantum sit arbuscula, seu potius fru- 
tex;" but he adds, “quod tamen pro loci natalis, aliorumque accidentium 
varietate contingere potest, uti in aliis stirpibus id-observamus." "The accu- 
racy of such observations I in general very much doubt; and were there no 
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