lit) the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF. 161 



TsjEM Tani, ;;. 25. tab. 11. 



The vulgar in Malabar, by a very rude attempt at classification, place this 

 in the same genus with the preceding TerminaUa ; while the Brahmans err 

 no less in calling it a Morij, that is, a Pepper, for which there seems no other 

 ground but its having some aromatic quality. Commeline makes no attempt 

 at classification, a prudence which Ray might as well have adopted, instead of 

 calling it Mi/xa pi/rlformis ossiculo trispermo, by which absurdity he induced 

 Plukenet to compare it with the Prunus Sebesteme similis Americana of Her- 

 man (Jim. 306.), by no means an improvement. 



Linnaeus, in the first edition of the Species Plantarum, followed by Burman 

 {Ft. Lid. 16.) and by Willdenow {Sp. PI. i. 187-), rightly considered it as a 

 distinct genus, which he called Rumphia, and gave this the specific name am- 

 boinensis. This, however, was doing little more than freeing us from the error 

 of Ray, for its affinities are not mentioned, and some difficulties attend the 

 giving it a place, as Jussieu refers it with hesitation to his Terebiuthaceie, and 

 doubts if it is not more nearly allied to the Sapindi. M. Poiret seems to adopt 

 the former opinion without doubt [Enc.Mdth.Suppl. vi. 352.). The specific name 

 given by Linnaeus was probably with a view to express the connexion of Rum- 

 phius with Amboyna ; but as it might also imply that the tree was a produc- 

 tion of this country, where it has not yet been discovered, M. Lamarck changed 

 the name into tiliafolia {Tabl. Enc. 96.; ///. Gen. t. 25.), which has been fol- 

 lowed by M. Poiret {Enc. MM. vi. 352.). 



Mal Naregam, seu Nara maram, sen Catu Tsjeru Naregam, p. 2/. tab. 12. 



Naregam, a generic term used for a good many plants, seems to be the same 

 with Narenggi, used occasionally in the Gangetic dialects for plants of the 

 genus called Citrus by botanists ; although Limbo, evidently the same with 

 the Nimba of the Brahmans of Malabar, is more common. All these terms, 

 however, are applied to several plants having very little affinity to the Citrus, 

 as is the case here. Mal, the specific name used in the text, signifies moun- 

 tain ; and Rana, employed by the Brahmans, signifies wild. The Dutch, 

 therefore, rightly interpret the native name into IVilde Citroenen. Concerning 

 the terms Nara and Nani I can give no explanation, only that they seem both 



