on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF. 171 



M. Jussieu {Gen. Plant. 297.) and M. Poiret (^Enc. Mdth. Suppl. iv. 93.) 



thought that the Malel perhaps belongs to the genus ntis ; but the habit 



is so different that, with all submission to such authorities, I cannot bring 



myself to this opinion, and rather think that it has a greater affinity to some 



of the Aurantice, such as the Coo/cla and Murraya ; and especially to the 



Lansium, as I have mentioned in a Commentary on Rumphius (Herb. Ami. 



i. 151. t. 54.). It is remarkable that in the island of Ternate the Lansium 



is called Lassa, one of the names by which the Brahmans of Malabar know 



the Nayalel. 



Angolam, seu Alangi, p. 39. tab. 17- 



Commeline does not venture any conjecture concerning this tree, and 

 Plukenet {Aim. 31.), in quoting Ray's name, "Arbor Indica baccifera fructu 

 umbilicato rotundo Cerasi magnitudine dtcocco," makes no advance beyond what 

 is stated by Rheede. 



M. Lamarck was the first to introduce the Angolam into the modern system 

 of botany, calling it Alangium decapetalum {Enc. M4th. i. 174.). He con- 

 sidered it as belonging to the order of Myrti, and nearly allied to the Decu- 

 maria ; but Jussieu doubts of the propriety of this arrangement, and rather 

 thinks that it should be placed in his 4th division of the Onagrce, in which I 

 entirely coincide. 



Willdenow {Sp. PI. ii. 1174.) and M. Poiret {Enc. MM. Suppl. i. 366.) allege, 

 copying, perhaps, from Vahl, that the younger Linnaeus had previously de- 

 scribed the Angolam under the name of Grewia salvifoUa ; but Linnaeus did 

 not quote the Hortus Malabaricus, nor does his description agree with that of 

 the Angolam either by Rheede or Vahl. What authority there may be for the 

 allegation I do not know ; I suspect that it may be some specimen of the An- 

 golam, marked by mistake Grewia salvifoUa, an accident very likely to happen, 

 and therefore by no means a good test. 



Idou Moulli, seu Idu Mulli, p. 48. tab. 18. 



Moulli, or Mulli, signifying Thorn, is rather the name of a class than of a 

 genus, and the word Idou, or Idu, must therefore be either considered as 

 generic, or the two words considered as forming a compound, like our English 

 words Buck-thorn, Haw-thorn, Black-thorn, all signifying different genera. 



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