on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF. 183 



Kara Angolam, p. 65. tab. 26. 



Another species of Angolam, as Commeline remarks, has been already no- 

 ticed {tab. 17.). It seems strange that the Brahmans of Malabar should not 

 consider this as of the same genus, calling the one Jngolam, and the other 

 Namidou ; but here I suspect some error in Rheede, who in such matters was 

 by no means careful. 



Ray, in calling this plant Prunifei-a Indica, threw no light on its history ; 

 and, so far as I can learn, it continued unnoticed by authors until quoted by 

 M. Lamarck {Enc. Mdth. i. 174.), who called it Alangium hexapetalum. 

 M. Poiret is of opinion that the Diatoma of Loureiro is not a different species 

 (Enc. Mdth. Suppl. ii. 469. ; v. 551.). It must however be observed, that the 

 stigma of the Diatoma is said to be divided into lobes, while that of the Kara 

 Angolam is represented quite entire, which would imply a more material dif- 

 ference. I have even some suspicion that the Diatoma may be the Kare Kan- 

 del oi the Hortus Malabaricus (v. t. 13.), to a consideration of which I shall 

 have occasion again to return. 



The " Arbor baccifera Maderaspatana Mali Citrice foliis, nonnihil scabris, 

 fructu coronato, gemello, ad sinum foliorum, pediculis curtis insidente" of Pluke- 

 net (Amalth. 24, t. 370./. 1.), which M. Lamarck quotes, with doubt indeed, 

 for his Alangium hexapetalum, cannot I think belong to this genus, the habit is 

 so different, especially as Plukenet in general has a singular felicity in express- 

 ing this point. 



Vahl and Willdenow (Sp. PI. ii. 1175.) take the Alangium hexapetalum from 

 Lamarck. Dr. Roxburgh in the Hortus Bengalensis has an Alangium hexa- 

 petalum, which he says grows there spontaneously. This, as he does not quote 

 the Hortus Malabaricus, leads me to suspect that his plant may be the Dia- 

 toma of Loureiro, for I have never seen the Alangium hexapetalum. The 

 Alangium tomentosum {Enc. Mith. i. 174.) is indeed very common in the 

 woods everywhere south from the Ganges, and I shall here describe it. In 

 the Hindwi dialect it is called Dhela. 



Arbor magna. Hamuli teretes, pubescentes, brevioribus apice saepe spinescen- 

 tibus. Folia alterna, ovato-oblonga, acuta, integerrima, costata, nervis 



