530 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



fairly conclude that the Ana-Parua is the same with the Pai 

 Paroea, Parua and Parcea being different orthographies for the 

 same name, and Pai and Cai being the specific names given on 

 the coast of Malabar, called properly Kaerulu, while Cai is that 

 used in the Tamul language of Coromandel, vulgarly called Ma- 

 labars by Europeans. 



Cavalam, p. 89. Jig- 49. 

 By mistake quoted in the letter-press as 50. 

 This plate and the accompanying letter-press are wanting 

 in my copy. I shall only therefore say, that the figure repre- 

 sents the Sterculia Balanghas, EncycL Meth. Sup. i. 614. sub 



Bencaro. 



Ambalam, p. 91. Jig- 50. 



The letter-press in my copy is wanting, but the figure remains, 

 and I know the plant well. Plukenet (Mant. 156.) proposed 

 with doubt the supposition that this might be the same with his 

 Primus americanus, Sec. (Aim. 307-)) which is the Chrysobalanus 

 Icaco, and accordingly the Ambalam has been quoted as such. 

 Rumphius (Herb. Amb. i. 162.) considered it the same with his 

 Condondum ; and Burman, in his explanation, added to the lat- 

 ter many of the synonyma which Plukenet had given to the 

 Ambalam, and with more reason ; for the stone of the Condon- 

 dum, according to Rumphius, is " magnum fibrosum nucleum 

 instar glebae intricate, et confectae ex plumulis filamentosis, quo- 

 rum qucedam eminent instar spinularum — in hujus autem cen- 

 tro seu cavitate parvus continetur nucleus prunellorum silves- 

 trium formam referens." This account by no means resembles 

 the fruit of the Ambalam, which contains a hard nut divided into 

 five cells. 



In the Encyclopedie (iii. 697.) the Condondum is considered as 

 the Mangifera pinnata, which Willdenow (Sp. PL i. 1151.) says 



is 



