on the Hortus Malabaricus, Pari IF. 237 



is no reason to suppose that the plants are the same, although they may belong 

 to one genus. 



In the woods near Goyalpara I found a tree called there Silapoma, which I 

 think may very possibly be tiie Karl Fetti ; but as I did not see the flower, I 

 am by no means certain. When I presented specimens to the library at the 

 India House, I considered it as perhaps a 3Ii/ginda ; but now I think that 

 both it and the Karl Fetti may be the Olea dioica of Dr. Roxburgh (F/. Ind. 

 i. 105.), although he says that in Silhet {Sriliata) his tree is called Atta Jam. 

 Such diflFerences in vernacular names are, however, not uncommon even at 

 less distances than between Goyalpara and Silhet. I shall here describe the 

 Sila Poma, so far as I had an opportunity of observing it. 



Arbor elata ligno utili. Ramuli nudi, punctis elevatis asperiusculi, compres- 

 siusculi. Folia subopposita, oblonga, basi acuta, apice acuminata, mu- 

 cronato-serrata, rigida, subcostata, venosa, glabra. Petiolus brevissimus, 

 glaber, supra concaviis, non stipulaceus. 



Panicula; axillares, solitarise, oppositae, folio deficiente seepe nudatae. Rami 

 suboppositi. Pedicelll breves ; laterales oppositi, terminales terni. 



Dnipa calyci minuto quadrifido insidens, magnitudine Pisi ovalis, acuta, 

 carne tenui induta. Nux figura drupse fragilis, unilocularis. Semen 

 unicum, magnum. Albumen carnosum. Embryo rectus. Radicula teres. 

 Cotyledones ovatoe, planae, parallelse. 



The Arbor vespertilionis of Rumphius (^Herb. Amb. vii. 17- t. 10.) and the 

 Parili of Rheede {Hort. Mai. v. 5. t. 3.) have a great resemblance to this 

 plant ; but these I shall have further occasion to examine. 



Pe seu Pee Vetti, ;;. 1 13. tab. bb. 



This other Fetti was conjectured by Commeline to be the same with the 

 Solanum sommferum antiquorum ex Creta insula of Prosper Alpinus. He 

 indeed admits, " quod Pevetti in justse magnitudinis excrescat arborem, at 

 Solanum somniferum antiquorum humilis tantum sit arbuscula, seu potius fru- 

 tex;" but he adds, "quod tamen pro loci natalis, aliorumque accidentium 

 varietate contingere potest, uti in aliis stirpibus id observamus." The accu- 

 racy of such observations I in general very much doubt ; and were there no 



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