130 HOT AN* 



HOC-CHESTNUT- 



Every one has heard of the horse-chestnut, but few are 

 probably aware that in these Provinces the hog-chestnut is 

 indigenous. Such is a literal rendering of the Burmese 

 name, and the tree is certainly a species of chestnut, but 

 it i? not described in any of the books to which I can refer. 

 Castanca. 

 oo$co%.. OftoOJSJ. cocBsola 



CHINESE DATES. 



'• The Burmese/ 5 says a correspondent who resided 

 several years in Ava, " call the Chinese fig, which is 

 brought in great quantities overland to Ava, tec-thee or 

 tay~thee*" This is the same fruit which in England is 

 called Chinese date ; but is neither a fig nor a date, bwt 

 the fruit of a species of ebony ; and a more appropriate 

 name would be the Chinese persimon, the persimon tree 

 being also a species of ebony, and there is a consider 

 ble resemblance in the fruit. 



The tree which produces this " Chinese date, " is occa- 

 sionally cultivated by the Burmese, but it bears fruit very 

 .sparingly, and I think with Roxburgh, that it is " by no 

 means equal to a good apple." 

 Diospyros Kati. 

 cooSi' ocgSi c%co» (Pali.) 



MINUS OPS FRUIT. 



A dried fruit is occasionally seen among the Chinese, 

 brought from Singapore, and some of the seeds produce 

 trees" which, judging from their leaves, can be no othe* 

 than 



Mimvsops Kauki. 



*oc^c8w or oooSgos 



