on the Hortus Mahiburicus, Part f. 539 



know not : I have seen none such, although I have observed seVe- 

 ral that are described under both these names, and that all agree 

 with the generic character of Premna given by Mr. R. Brown 

 {Prod. Flor. N. Hoi. i. 512.). None of these however could be 

 considered as the Sambitcus zeylanica odorata aroma lira : \ <t one 

 of them has been considered by excellent botanists (E?ie. Met ft. i. 

 216. Hort. Beng. 46.) as the Premna serratifulia ; and I was long 

 of the same opinion : but the sensible qualities of the Appel, as de- 

 scribed by Rheede, are by no means reconcileable with this sup- 

 position, and therefore I think that the Appel must still be allowed 

 to rest the Cornutioides ; and although the compilers of the P/i- 

 cyclopidie (i. 216.) seem to consider it as the Premna tcrratifolia 

 of that work, I hesitate to consider Adanson wrong in supposing 

 the germen to be below the calyx ; because in Rheede's figure 

 several of the fruit appear to indicate their being crowned with 

 the remains of the calyx. Should this be really the case, the 

 figure of the younger Burman must represent a different plant 

 from the Appel or Sambucus of his father, and may be the Cor- 

 nutia corymbosa of the Encyclopedic, called a Premna by Willde- 

 now, although neither author quotes him. The synonyma there- 

 fore, I think, may be 



Cornutioides. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 410. 



Appel. Hort. Mai. i. 99- t. 53. Pink. Aim. 38. 



Sambucus zeylanica, odorata, aromatica. Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 209- 



excluso synonymo Sloani. 

 Comutia corymbosa. Burm. bid. 132. quod ad synonyma, sed 



non quod ad figuram, t. 41. f. 1. 



Ameri, p. 101. Jig. 54. 

 That Rheede here intended to describe the plant from which 

 indigo is made, there can be no doubt, as he expressly says so : 

 but from the small resemblance which the figure bears to the 



plant 



