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size in the Deccan, is very ornamental in leaf, and bears sweet 

 smelling flowers." It is also, I am told, very abundant in Burmah, 

 and is of quick growth, yielding annually, after the second year, 

 an abundant crop. Dr. Roxburgh states, " that it is found only 

 in the vicinity of the sea, where the soil is almost perfect sand." 

 Two or three trees are to met with in the Calcutta Botanical 

 Gardens, where, however, they seem to thrive indifferently, 

 though they blossom and bear nuts. They produce their small, 

 white, insignificant flowers in April, and their crop in the Rain 

 season. 



Dr. Macfadyen states that " the kernel of the roasted nut is 

 not inferior to the Sweet Almond or Pistachio-nut ; " and Don 

 mentions that "the broken kernels are sometimes used for 

 mixing with old Madeira wines. It is also an ingredient in 

 puddings." The nuts are sold plentifully in the bazars. They 

 are of the size and form of a small kidney, and have exceedingly 

 thick, hard, polished shells. Between the shell and the kernel 

 is an acrid brown oil, very difficult to remove, and which 

 imparts to the kernels, even when roasted, a pungent taste. 



Dr. Macfadyen states that the fruit, consisting of the pyriform 

 fleshy peduncle on which the nut is seated, when stewed with 

 sugar or syrup forms an excellent preserve. 



Mr. Dillwyn states that " there is a considerable difference 

 between the East and West India Nuts, and that they are pro- 

 bably of distinct species." * And Mr. Bates, in his description 

 of Santarem on the Amazons, says : 



" The Caju is very abundant ; indeed some parts of the district 

 might be called orchards of this tree, which seems to prefer sandy 

 or gravelly soils. There appear to be several distinct species of it 

 growing in company, to judge by the differences in the colour, 

 flavour, and size of the fruit. This, when ripe, has the colour and 

 figure of a Codlin Apple, but it has a singular appearance, owing 

 to the large kidney-shaped kernel growing outside the pulpy 

 portion of the fruit. " f 



Buchanan! a latifolia. 



A large tree thirty feet high, native of the mountainous parts 

 of Coromandel and Malabar. It produces fruit, the kernels of 



* Keview of Eheede's ' Hortus Malabaricus,' p. 12. 

 t * The Naturalist on the River Amazon,' vol. ii. p. 22. 



