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Malaccenjis, — i. tab. 36, 38, Nati Scbambn, Rbeede, 1. tab. Eugen-ia. 

 18, Rail Hiji.u. 1478, is a pear-lliaped fruit, growing to the 

 bare rtalk, a cooling and refrefhing kind. — Eug. lamboSy i. 

 tab. 39, Malacca Schambii^ Rbeede, i. tab. 17, Rait Hiji. ii. 1478, 

 is remarkable for its crooked timber, ufeful for the ribs of 

 fliips. — Eug. Acutangula, iii. tab. 115, Tjleria Samjiravadiy 

 RbeedCj iv. tab. 7, Raii Hi/i. ii. 1480, and — Eug. Racemofa, 

 iii. tab. 116, Samjlravadi, RJjeede, iv. tab. 16, Raii HiJl. ii. 1479, 

 bear edible fruits. 



Ceylon has four fpecies of myrtle; M. Cumini, Rumpb. i. tab. Myrtus. 

 41, fmelling like cumin feed ; M. Zeylanica, remarkable for its 

 great fragrancy ; M. AndrofamoideSy M. Caryopbyllata, from its 

 aromatic fmell ; and M. Pimenta, or all-fpice, common to 

 both the Indies. 



Granata, Woodville, i. tab. 58. The pomgranate, is here cul- Punica. 

 tivated, and profpers greatly. 



Gutta^ Blackwall, tab. 393, Raii HiJi. PL ii. 1661, grows to be Cambogia, 

 a large tree, and bears a roundifli ribbed fruit, of a yellow 

 color. The wood yields a fine yellow concrete folid juice, 

 brought over in large cakes. It is in our difpenfary, and adls 

 powerfully both upwards and downwards. Some phyficians 

 hold it to be a dangerous medicine ; others commend the ufe, 

 but all recommend it with caution. It is prefcribed in droplies, 

 and leprous cafes. Painters know this drug as the richeft of 

 yellows. 



LotuSy Alpin. /Egypt. 50, or water lilly, the hotus Mgyptiaca Nymphoea. 

 of Pliny, lib. xiii. c. xvii, which appeared after the falling 

 of the waters of the Nile. The old Egyptians laid the fruit 



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