on the llortua Maladaricus, Fart F. 481 



pidae, ultra folium ore ciliato producta\ Folia supra nunc 

 nuda, tunc scabra et pilis raris aspersa ; subtus nuda. I'a- 

 nicula terminalis laxa, ramis longis, pendulis, raris, articu- 

 latis, indivisis. Spicules ad articulos confertee, lanceoiata-. 

 imbricatae floribus alternis, distichis. Flores in singulis spi- 

 culis inferiores neutri valvula interiore minula : superiores 

 masculini bivalves, valvulis ovatis, equitantibus. Yalvula 

 exterior maxima, deorsum convexa ; interior tenuis, deor- 

 sum concava, marginibus ad angulum inrlexis, angulis cili- 

 atis. Stamina sex. 

 Femininam vel Hermaphroditam non vidi florentem. 



Malacca Schambi 1 , p. l 27 . Jig. 17- 

 Nati Schambu, p. <29- Jig. 18. 



Jambu is a Sangscrita word, the first letter being pronounced 

 as in English : but, as this sound is not given in the Dutch lan- 

 guage, Rheede writes the word Schambu. The Portuguese seem 

 to have written it Gambit ; but in all the pronunciation is nearly 

 alike. 



Rheede begins his description by remarking that there are 

 two kinds of Schambu ; the Malacca, called so from having come 

 from that country ; and the Nati Schambu, of which he gives no 

 explanation, but I conceive the meaning to be this. In the 

 vulgar dialect of Malabar, Nada or Nata is analogous to Desa 

 of the Sangscrita or Hindwi, and signifies a country or territory ; 

 while Nati or Desi signifies any thing belonging to the coun- 

 try or indigenous. Nati Schambu, therefore, is the indigenous 

 Schambu. I am convinced, however, that by some misunder- 

 standing Rheede has reversed the names : and that the tree 

 which he calls Malacca Schambu is indigenous in Malabar, as in 

 all parts of India Proper ; while the Nati Schambu is a native of 



the 



