120 BOTANY. 



DOUBLE*LEAVED CITRON. 



There is a species of citrus at Tavoy with a leaf that 

 looks like two leaves joined together, the wings on the 

 petiole being as broad, on even broader, than the leaf it- 

 self. The fruit is small and there are two varieties, one 

 with a smooth, and another with a rough skin. I do not 

 find it noticed in any of our Indian Floras, but Dr. Pic- 

 kering met with a similar tree on the Samoan Isladns, a 

 member of the Philippine Flora. 

 Citrus torosa ? 



POMEGRANATE. 



The pomegranate is cultivated to a very small extent in 

 gardens by both Burmese and Europeans. 

 Punica granatum. 



WFLD UAMBOUTAN. 



One of our indigenous trees bears a fruit whose sub- 

 acid aril is very agreeable to the palate, and much resem- 

 bles that of the ramboutan so famous at Malacca Ma- 

 lays to whom I have shown the fruit, say it is the wild 

 ramboutan, and the tree certainly belongs to the same 

 genus ; but never having met with it in flower. I cannot 

 determine the species, 

 Nephelium. 

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SCHLEICHERA. 



The fruit of this tree resembles the wild ramboutan in 

 every thing except that it is covered with prickles half an 

 inch lonnf. It is rarely seen in market but would be a 

 valuable addition to the dessert. The tree grows among 

 the hills of Tavoy. 



Schleicher a. 



