on the Ilortiis Malaharicus, Part III. 81 



foliis, plane similiu sunt," we may infer that its leaves have a 



strong resemblance to those of the Cocos niicifern, which by way 



of eminence Rheede calls Palma indica. On these grounds I 



think it probable that it may be the IS'ipa fruticans {JVilld. Sp. 



PL iv. 097.). I did not indeed observe this in Malabar; but it 



is common near the mouths of the Ganges, and on the banks 



of estuaries in the countries and islands south and east from 



thence. 



ToDDA Panna, p. 9. tab. 13—21. 



The plant here described is perfectly known to me, although 

 in Malabar the natives call it Indu {Journey to Mysore, ii. 469-) ; 

 îior did 1 there hear of the names Todda, Mouta, or Andcxa 

 Motha Panna, which Rheede had received at Cochin. He fell 

 into a great error in considering this as the Soteetsou of the Ja- 

 panese, that is, as the tree which produces sago, as is very pro- 

 perly pointed out by Commeline in his note {p. 14,). Notwith- 

 standing this, Plukenet {Aim. 276.) joins the Todda Panna with 

 the Palma farinifera Japonica of Breynius, or Soteetsou of the 

 Japanese, an error followed by Linna?us {Fl. Zeyl. 393.), when 

 he established a new genus called Cycas. Concerning these 

 errors, however, I have said every thing necessary in my Com- 

 mentary on the first part of the Herbarium Amboinense, and I 

 need here only insert the real synonyma of the Todda Panna. 



Palma indica caudice in annulos protubérante distincte. Rail 



Hist. 1360. 

 Cycas frondibus pinnatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, stipitibus spi- 



nosis, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 393. (exclusis nisi Raii synonymis 



omnibus). 

 Olus calaphoides e Celebe vel ex insulis Ulasseriensibus. Herb. 



Amb. i. 87. 89- t. 22. 23. 

 Cycas circinalis. Burin. Fl. Ind. 240. (exclusis synonymis 

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