BOTANY. 



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ALOES. 



A species of aloes is often seen growing in gardens, 

 and the drug is also' imported from Hindustan. 

 Aloe soccotrina. 



ASAFGETTD4. 



Asafoetiria is much used by the Burmese doctors, but 

 the gum is imported. 



Ferula Asafatida. 



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MANNA. 



There is a tree scattered on the Karen mountains, which 

 in the dry season exudes a sweet substance resembling 

 the manna of the shops. I have observed it, in some in- 

 stances, where it had dropped from the branches all around 

 the base of a large tree like rain ; and again, where it had 

 gushed out of the trunk like a large mass of gum arabic. 

 I have never seen the tree either in flower, or fruit, but 

 think it belongs to the myrtle 'ribe, a family that produces 

 manna in New Holland. 



cinnamon. 

 The mountains that separate the valley of the Tenas- 

 serim from the waters that fall into the Meinam produce 

 a species of cinnamon, the bark of which is equal to some 

 of the inferior kinds of cinnamon, or cassia bark, that is 

 sold in the shops. The Karens in Tavoy sometimes col- 

 lect it, and chew it with betel. 

 Cinnamon iners. 

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CLOVES. 



The clove tree may be seen in a few gardens on the 

 Coast, and cloves are abundant in the bazars. 

 Eugenia caryophyllata. 

 Caryophyllus aromaticus. 

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