on the Hortus Malabaricus, Fart II.' \ 303 



plant which he meant, and which he had received from Java, 

 had opposite leaves. Very little dependence can therefore be 

 placed on this authority ; but from the description annexed by 

 Willdenow to his Jussieica suffruticosa, taken probably from the 

 Species Flantarum of Linnaeus, 1 have little doubt that ih.e Cattu 

 Carambu was the plant really meant : in which case the syno- 

 nyma of Rumphius, Hermann, Rheede and Ray, given by Will- 

 denow {Sp. PL ii. 577-) must be removed, and in their stead the 

 Cattu Carambu introduced ; for it is no where, that I can find, 

 mentioned by Willdenow. 



The only reference, therefore, that I can make with certainty 

 to a systematic writer for the Cattu Carambu, is to the Jussicea 

 villosa of M. Lamarck {Enc. Meth. iii. 331.). This name should 

 be retained, even should it be admitted, as is probable, that this 

 was the plant actually described by Linnaeus under the name of 

 J. suffruticosa ; for the term suffrutex is in no manner applicable 

 to the Cattu Carambu ; and the synonyma in Linnaeus are so 

 erroneously quoted, that in order to prevent confusion his name 

 should be altogether abandoned, especially as it has been applied 

 by Gaertner (De Sem. i. 159-) to a very different species. 



This Cattu Carambu is the plant which Dr. Roxburgh called 

 Jussieua exaltata (Hart. Beng. 33.) ; and its Sanscrit name Bhoo 

 Luvunga implies Earth Clove, the similitude between its fruit and 

 that of the Clove being still perceptible. 



NiR Carambu, p. 99- Jig- 51. 

 Commeline does not venture to conjecture concerning this 

 plant, although its affinity to the preceding is evident ; but its 

 fruit did not mislead by so strong a resemblance to the Clove. 



The JSir Carambu was annexed by the elder Burman to the 

 Lysimachia species fructu caryophylloideo of Hermann (Thes. Zei/L 

 146.) together with the Lysimachia indica, non papposa, repens, 



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