ISLAND OF CEYLON. n. 



feaft, and inflead of the invl/a Ciiprejfus^ follows every un- 

 married youth to his grave, be they Cbrijlians be they Gentiles, 



Herbaceum, iv. tab. 12. and G. Arbor eum, iv. tab. 13, the laft Gossymum, 

 having a more fhrubby ftalk than the other, the firft is fown 

 annually, but thrives better on the dry Coromandel coail than 

 any other. This produces the great manufactures of the Indies^ Cottov, 

 callicoes, and every other fpecies fo well adapted to the climate. 

 Thefe plants are natives alfo of the hotter parts of America, and 

 oi Africa \ and even cultivated with moft profitable fuccefs in 

 Valentia in Spain ; page 421, vol. vi. of the MS. part of this 

 work, gives fome account of the produce. 



Ferrea, vii. tab. ir, is alow tree, remarkable for giving a Mesua. 

 pleafant fliade, and the rich mace-like fcent of its flowers. Fer- 

 rea, Syift. PL iii. 269, Baiulla Ijiampacum, Rbeede, iii. tab. z^'^y 

 Raii Hift. 1680. 



The fuperb flower, Barringtonia Speciosa, Lin. Suppl. PL 

 312; Cook's fecond Voyage, i. p. 157. Butonica, Rimiph.\\i. 170. 

 tab. 114, is found in this ifland, and in all tropical countries : Is 

 a lofty tree, and of confiderable thicknefs, but is feldom erect, 

 bending fo that the branches hang into the water, for it is 

 univerfally an inhabitant of watery places. The fruit is large, 

 and quadrangular, as reprefented in Clujius's Exotic, lib. ii. c. 5. 

 It is ufed, in Aniboina as a remedy in the colic. In Ternate and 

 Java, it is made into a pafte, mixed with other drugs, and ufed 

 to intoxicate fifh, as is done by the Cocciilus Indicus. 



Draco, ii. tab. 70, is a tree that grows to a vaft height, much Pterccarpus, 

 efteemed for the fweetnefs of its flowers, and the beautiful red- 

 nefs of the wood, uniform or varied, fo as to refemble flames of 

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