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* EUPHORIA Longan. 

 The Longan Tree. 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 



Nat. ord. SAPiNDACEiE. {Introduction to the Natural System of Botany, 

 p. 116.) 



EUPHORIA. Supra, vol. \3, fol. 1059. 



E. Longan ; foliolis subquadrijugis cum impare ovali-lanceolatis obtusis opa- 

 cis, venis subtus elevatis pinnatis, fioribus paniculatis, fructibus iner- 

 mibus verrucosis. 



Euphoria Longana. Lamarck Diet. 3. 574. De Cand. Prodr. 1.611. 



Dimocarpus Longan. Lour. Cochinch. 1.288. Hort. Trans, vol.1, t.28.* 



Nephelium Longanum. Camhess. Wight et Arnott. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 

 1. 113. 



Scytalia Longan. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 270. 



The Litchi and the Longan are two of the finest fruits 

 tliat the Chinese possess. Both are occasionally sent to 

 England as presents, but they are never seen in the shops. 

 They have, when imported, a brown shell, which in the 

 former is prickly, in the latter simply warted, and contain a 

 single seed surrounded by a succulent aril, having much the 

 taste of an excellent raisin, only rather more vinous. 



This species seldom flowers, and has produced its fruit 

 in only one place in this country : namely, at Mr. John 



* Literally well-hearing, in allusion to the value of its fruit, and the 

 abundance in which it is produced. 



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