12 HORT. MAL.VOL. III. 



as represented in this figure, are considerably broader and more obtuse than 

 in any specimen that I have met with, but Dr. Hamilton has remarked that 

 they vary much in shape. 



Tab. 42. Cratseva Nurvala. Hamilton in Lin. Trans, xv. p. 142. 



This figure is misquoted by Linnaeus for C. Tapia, and by Willdenow for C. re- 

 ligiosa. It is also quoted by Roxburgh for his Capparis trifoliata ( which is 

 synonymous with Cratteva religiosa), but Dr. Hamilton has ascertained that 

 it is a distinct species. 



44 * > Averrhoa Carambola. Lin. 



46* V Averrhoa Bilimbi. Lin. 



48 *> Phyllanthus longifolius. Roxb. Averrhoa acida. Lin. 



Quoted by Linnaeus for A. acida, and his Cicca disticha, as well as Phyllanthus 

 longifolius of Jacquin and Roxburgh (not of Lamarck), is the same species. 

 Dr. Hamilton thought that Rheede's Plant is the P. Cheramela rather than the 

 P. longifolius of Roxburgh, but there can be no doubt that P . Cheramela of 

 the Hortus Bengalensis is P. longifolius of the Flora Indica. 



S 0" I Eriodendron anfractuosum. DC. Bombax pentandrum. 

 r j* 4 Lin. Gossampinus alba. Hamilton, 



52. Bombax malabaricum. DC. B.heptaphyllum. Roxb. (no 



Lin.) Gossampinus rubra. Hamilton. 



Misquoted by Linnaeus for JB. Ceiba, and by Burman and Willdenow for the 

 Linnean B.heptaphyllum; both of which in all probability are exclusively 

 American plants. 



53. Mesua ferrea. Lin. M . speciosa. D C. 



De Candolle has followed Burman in arranging this plant of Rheede's and of the 

 Herb. Amb. vii. t. 2, as separate species, and he has, as I think, erroneously 

 retained the Linnean name for the latter. Sir W. Jones has used Nagacesara 

 instead of Mesua for the generic name, and in the Asiatic Researches says, 

 " Surely, the genuine appellation of an Indian plant should be substituted for 

 the corrupted name of a Syrian Physician, who could never have seen it ; and 

 if any trivial name was necessary to distinguish a single species, a more ab- 

 surd one than Iron could net possibly have been selected for a flower with 

 petals like silver and anthers like gold." 



54. Anacardium occidentale, Var. indicum. D C. 



Quoted by Linnseus for A. occidentale, but there is a considerable difference be- 

 tween the East and West India Nuts, and it is probably a distinct species, 



55. Ficusnitida. Willd. 



56. Ficus undulata ? Hamilton in Lin. Trans, xv. p. 133. 



Quoted with a query by Willdenow and Foiret for F. terebrata, by Lamarck for 

 his F. pyrifolia, and by Martyn for F. pertusa, and I have not noticed any re- 

 feronce to this uncertain figure without a mark of doubt. 



