2i6 ISLAND OF CEYLON, 



thecary at Copenhagen, to Linncvus, \vbo reduced the plants into 

 iyftem, and pubUdied the Flora at Stockbohn, in 1747. Burtnan 

 favored us with his Tbejaurus Zeylankits in 1737, a quarto, en- 

 riched with no plates. The Hortus Malab^iricus was pubUflied 

 at the expence of the munificent Governor of the coafts of Ma^ 

 labar, Rbeede von Vraakenjlein, in tw'elve volumes folio, be- 

 tween the years 1678 and 1693 : And the Herbarium AwbQ'menfe^ 

 in fix volumes folio, compofed by the Pliny of Jndiat George 

 Everbard Rumpbius^ was pubUflied between the year 1741 and 

 17505 under the care of the able Burman, Thefe are works to 

 which I Hi all frequently refer : the w^ord Rbeede will denote the 

 fpecies to be a native of Malabar \ Rumph, that it is a native 

 alfo of Atnboina> But to proceed to the enumeration ; 



Cakna. Indicat Syji. PL i. p. 2. Rumpb, Amboin, v. tab, Ixxi. Katu Bala^ 



Rheed, MaL \u 85, tab. 43, the only ufe is in the feeds, which the 

 Arabs vSq in their rofaries. 



Amomum. The different fpecies oi Amomum, and the Co/lus Arabicus^ 



Jacq. Am. i. tab. i, have from the earUefi: of times been imports 

 of this and other parts of India, 



Curcuma. R.otunda,y Rumpb. 4. tab. Ixvj, is a plant with a tuberous root, 



equally in ufe as a medicine, and as a food. 



iKoEMPFERiA. Galanga, Biirm, ZeyL 33, tab. 13, has been a celebrated 

 medicine under the name of Galang(t mcyoris et minoris 

 " radix. 



Rotunda, Rbecd. xi, tab. 9, is the Zedoary, which retains its 

 place in our difpenfatory. 



NycT/iNTHEs. Arbcr fr'rijiis, -Gerard, 1527; Matijapumera?n, Rbeede, i. 35, 

 Ruii Hl/i. PI. 1698. It has the appearance of an olive. It drops 



its 



