on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 303 
plant which he meant, and which he had received from Java, 
had opposite leaves. Very little dependence can therefore be 
placed on this authority ; but from the description annexed by 
Willdenow to his Jussieua suffruticosa, taken probably from the 
Species Plantarum of Linnæus, | have little doubt that the Cattu 
Carambu was the plant really meant: in which case the syno- 
nyma of Rumphius, Hermann, Rheede and Ray, given by Will- 
denow (Sp. Pl. ii. 577.) must be removed, and in their stead the 
Cuttu Carambu introduced ; for it is no where, that I can find, 
mentioned by Willdenow. 
The only reference, therefore, that I can make with certainty 
to a systematic writer for the Cattu Carambu, is to the Jussiæa 
villosa of M. Lamarck (Enc. Meth. iii. 331.). This name should 
be retained, even should it be admitted, as is probable, that this 
was the plant actually described by Linnæus under the name of 
J. suffruticosa ; for the term suffrutex is in no manner applicable 
to the Cattu Carambu ; and the synonyma in Linnæus are so 
erroneously quoted, that in order to prevent confusion his name 
should be altogether abandoned, especially as it has been applied 
by Geertner (De Sem. i. 159.) to a very different species. 
This Cattu Carambu is the plant which Dr. Roxburgh called 
Jussieua exaltata (Hort. Beng. 33.) ; and its Sanscrit name Bhoo 
Luvunga implies Earth Clove, the similitude between its fruit and 
that of the Clove being still perceptible. 
Nin CaramBu, p. 99. fig. 51. 
Commeline does not venture to conjecture concerning this 
plant, although its affinity to the preceding is evident ; but its 
fruit did not mislead by so strong a resemblance to the Clove. 
The Nir Carambu was annexed by the elder Burman to the 
Lysimachie species fructu caryophylloideo of Hermann (Thes. Zeyl. 
146.) together with the Lysimachia indica, non papposa, repens, 
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