on the llortus Malabaricus, Part I . 



551 



turn autem illud volo, quod hrec nostra a Malabarica ilia tantum 



loco natali differat:" and that he meant no other plant than the 



Carua is clear from his saying, " vide porro notas ad Horti 



Malabarici partem i. p. 110," that is, the notes of Syen at the 



end of the account of the Carua. To this opinion however there 



are strong objections, as any one may readily see who compares 



the figure in the Hortus Malabaricus with that in the Thesaurus 



Zeylanicus {tab. 27.)- Burman's next figure (28.) has a much 



stronger resemblance to that of the Carua ; but then, from the 



description, it is evidently a Lauras, which I know the Carua to 



be. I therefore adopt the opinion of Plukenet, who notices 



three plants that I well know, and concerning which it will be 



necessary to enter into some detail. 



Plukenet's first plant is the Cassia einnamomea (Aim. 88.), the 

 Cinnamomum of the Bauhins, &c. 



His second plant is the Cassia einnamomea sylvestris pigrior 

 Malavarica, Carua Hort. Mai. (Aim. 88.), the Arbor canellifera 

 Malabarica, cortice ignobiliore, cujus folium Malabathrum officina- 

 rum Breijnii. 



His third plant is the Cassia einnamomea, strict iore folio, ignobi- 

 lior, cujus folium est Malabathrum scu Tamalapatrum angustifo- 

 lium ; in officinis frequens ocenrrit. 



I need not here enter into any discussion concerning the proper 

 Cinnamon tree, of which Burman (63.) enumerates nine varieties, 

 besides the royal (Rasse Coronde) kind; and these, in a botani- 

 cal sense, are all probably mere varieties : but in the botanical 

 garden at Calcutta there is a narrow-leaved Lauras Cinnamomum, 

 which was introduced long before the English took Ceylon, while 

 the true royal kind (Rasse Coronde) was sent by General Mac- 

 dowal when he governed the island. Now, in my opinion, this 

 narrow-leaved Cinnamon is the Carua of the Hortus Malabari- 

 cus, not described by Burman, while what Dr. Roxburgh called 



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