ic6 FLORU LA OF NEW HOLLAND. 



and the Novella and Daun Baru of Amboina ; fee Rtimpb. ii. 

 p. 218. tab. 73. This mi.f^ht be a tree of vaft fervice to this 

 country, were its tifes known to the poor natives. Thofe of the 

 South Sea iflands make all their cordage, excellent fifliing nets, 

 and packthread, of the bark. It is alfo of great ufe in cloathing, 

 and may be divided into pieces of any thicknefs. Specimens, 

 brought over as curiofities, (hew the fibrous texture fo fine, as 

 to look like an elegant lace. It is found in Jamaica, or other 

 hot parts of America, in moil of the South Sea iflands, in Su- 

 matra, Celebes, and Amboina. 



Mr. Hawkfzvorth alfo tells us, that the only fort of fruit here 

 is one refembling a cherry, but of a very difagreeable tafte ; it 

 is of the kind called by the Dutch in the Eaji Indies, Pyn Appel 

 Boomen. A wild plantane, very fmall, full of flones, and well 

 tafted, perhaps the Mufa troglodytarum and PiJJangbatu oiRumph. 

 Amboin. v. p. 132, and the Mufa granuloja of G. Forjler, PL Efc. 

 p. 31, may be added. 



Mr. Ha'wkfworth befides informs us, that there was a fruit 

 they called, from the color, a plum, fmall, and fhaped like a 

 flatted cheefe ; and a third like a purple apple. Let me add the 

 fruit of the Anacardium Orientale, Riimph. Amboin. i. 177. tab, 69, 

 the tree of which, fay the voyagers, was never feen by the 

 European botanift. And this is the fum of the knowledge of 

 botany imparted to us. 



The Arujn Colocajia, or Cocco Root of the IFeJl Indies, is 

 found here; {\t& Ha-^kfivortb, iii. 564. 590.) Rumpbius \\2i?, ^n- 

 graven it in vol. v. p. 313. tab. 109. It is an eatable root in the 

 Antilles^ but does not appear in uie in this country. It is alfo 

 found in Egypt and the Moluccas. 



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