i'24 BOTANY. 



F<ETID STERCULIA. 



The foeted sterculia is not uncommon in the forests, and 

 its seeds are eaten like filberts. 

 St e re u lia fie t id a . 



boodh's cocoa nut. 



A. handsome tree bearing a large fruit, called Boodh's 

 cocoanut is met with in the Provinces, whose winged seeds 

 are sometimes eaten by the natives. 

 Sterculia alatt. 



PEA NUT. 



Ground nuts are abundant in the bazars, and are con- 

 sumed in large quantities by the natives. The plant is 

 occasionally seen growing, but the nuts are principally 

 imported from Pinang and Rangoon. 

 Arcchis hypoge.a. 

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SANDORICUM. 



The sandoricum tree bears a fruit the size of an orange, 

 occasionally called the wild mangosteen, to which it 

 bears some resemblance. It has a fleshy acid pulp and 

 makes a very good jelly, but has a peculiar odour. The 

 natives eat the fruit raw, and esteem it excellent. 

 Sandoricum indicum. 

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WILLUGHBEIA. 



There is a species of willughbeia in the forests that pro* 

 duces a fruit as large as an apple, which Europeans some* 

 times call " a kind of a fig.''* It has an agreeable taste 

 but abounds in a milky juice. 



Willughbeia mariabanica, 



