486 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



Grossularia sylvestris of Rumphius as a mere variety, and that 

 without doubt. The author of the Hortus Kewensis has there- 

 fore doue wisely in not quoting the Grossularia domestica for the 

 Atty-alu, which I am persuaded is represented in the Herba- 

 rium Amboinense iii. t. 94. Although in the explanation of this 

 plate it is said to represent the Caprificus aspera latifolia, this 

 can by no means be reconciled with the description, which 

 I think belongs to the Ficus symphytifolia Encycl. Meth. ii. 498 ; 

 and I have no doubt that this plate (94.) represents the Gohi 

 glabra of Rumphius, iii. 151. Further, I know that Dr. Rox- 

 burgh, when I returned from Ava, considered the Atty-alu as 

 the same with his Ficus glomerata, although he does not quote it 

 in the Hortus Bengalensis, deterred probably b}^ Willdenow's 

 authority. 



The synonyma of this tree I therefore consider to be as follows : 

 Ficus glomerata, Hort. Beng. 66. AVilld. Sp. PI. iv. 1148. En- 

 cycl. Meth. Sup. ii. 656. 

 Ficus racemosa, Hort. Kew. v. 488. 

 Gohi glabra, Herb. Amb. iii. 151. t. 94. perperam ad Caprificum 



asperam latifoliam relata. 

 Udumbar Sans. Dumbar Hind. Jugya Dumar Beng. Sa-pann- 



gaeh Barm. 

 Habitat ubique ad pagos India. 



Itty Alu, p. 45. fig. 26. 



In the Encyclopedic Methodique (ii. 493.) this is quoted for the 

 Ficus Benjamina joined with the plant figured in Plukenet (Phyt. 

 243. /. 4.) ; and nothing in either work contradicts the opinion 

 that both authors meant the same plant, although the figure of 

 Plukenet, having no fruit, is rather doubtful. Willdenow, who 

 had only seen a plant without flower, which he took to be the 

 Ficus Benjamina, adds as synonymous the Varinga parvifolia of 



Rumphius 



