on the Hortus IMalabaricus, Part I. 488 



with a pyriform fruit confound it with the Jambosa domestiea of 

 Rumphius, both having the smell of roses. 



"With respect to the synonyma of the Nati ISchambu, or Eu- 

 geniam alaccensis, we may observe that the Jumbos sylvestris 

 fructu rotundo cerasi magnitudine of Burman (Thes. Zeyl. 125) 

 quoted by Linnaeus in the Flora Zeylanica (187), and by the 

 younger Burman (Fl. hid. 114.), may be safely omitted, as 1ms 

 been done by "Willdenow. It is probably the same with some of 

 those described by Rumphius under the name of Jambosa .syl- 

 vestris. 



These difficulties in the synonyma seem to have prevented 

 both the Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Amboinense from 

 being quoted in the Hortus Bengalensis for either the E. maiac- 

 censis or E. Jambos. 



Ciiampacam, p. Si. Jig. 19- 



There is no doubt of this plant being the Mickelia Champaca 

 of authors : but there is strong reason to doubt the propriety of 

 separating the Michelias from the MagjioUas. The number oi 

 petals is not a sufficient character, as it is liable to considerable 

 variation even in the same individual ; nor can the fruit of the 

 Michelia be called a berry, in the sense that word now obtains. 

 There is a fleshy juicy aril round the seeds : but still the fruit 

 consists of two valves; and in a Michelia which I have seen, and 

 which it is very difficult to distinguish by a well defined charac- 

 ter from the Champaca, the valves of the capsule are completely 

 dry and hard, and finally, the habit or general appearance 1 of the 

 Michelias is not different from that of the Magnolias. 



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