HORTUS MALABARICUS. 



VOLUME I. 



Tab. 



rfc I 



Cocos nucifera. Lin. 



Lin. A. Faufel. Gcert. 



Borassus flabelliformis. Lin. Lontarus domestica. Gcert. 



13. > Musa paradisiaca. Lin. M. sapientum. Roxb. 

 14.) 



Between M. paradisiaca and M. sapientum there is no specific difference, and of 

 44 varieties enumerated by Roemer and Schultes, this is the one which they 

 have called Iminga. 



15. Carica Papaya. Lin. Papaya Carica. Gcert. 



16. Bambusa arundinacea. Willd. Bambos arundinacea. Retz. 



Nastus arundinacea. Smith. Arundo Bambos. Lin. 

 Quoted erroneously by Roemer and Schultes for B. spinosa of Roxburgh. 



17. Jambosa vulgaris. D C. Eugenia Jambos. Lin. 



18. Jambosa malaccensis. D C. Eugenia malaccensis. Lin. 



19. Michelia Champaca. Lin. 



20. Mimusops Elengi. Lin. 



In the Asiatic Researches, vol. iv., Sir W. Jones says, ' Since it must require 

 the imagination of a Burman to discover in them a resemblance to the face of a 

 man or an ape, the genus will I hope be called Bacula, by which name it is 

 frequently celebrated in the Puranas, and even placed among the flowers of the 

 Hindoo Paradise.' 



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