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ON SELECT INDIAN PLANTS. 3,^1 



tk his order, a catalogue of the most celebrated plants 

 which they distributed according to their times of 

 blossoming and seeding, to the configuration of 

 their leaves, and to the forms of their flowers and 

 " fruit; that, at the proper seasons he gave copies 

 of the list to several intelligent men, of whom he 

 sent parties into different forests, with instructions 

 to bring him, from all quarters, such plants as 

 they saw named, with their fruit, flowers, and 

 " leaves, even though they should be obliged to 

 <c climb the most lofty trees for them ; that three or 

 cc four painters, who lived in his family, constantly* 

 " and accurately delineated the fresh plants, of 

 " which, in his presence, a full description was 

 " added ; that, in the mean while, he had earnestly 

 Ci requestd all the princes and chiefs on the Malabar 

 <e coast to send him such vegetables as were most 

 l< distinguished for use or for elegance ; and that 

 " not one of them failed to supply his garden with 

 " flovvers, which he sometimes received from the dis- 

 tance of fifty or sixty leagues ; that when his herb- 

 arists had collected a sufficient number of plants, 

 when his draughtsmen had sketched their figures, 

 cc and his native botanists had subjoined their descrip-^ 

 " tion, he submitted the drawings to a little aca- 

 " demy of Pa?/ J/ts, whom he used to convene for 

 cc that purpose from different parts of the country ; 

 •' that his assembly often consisted of fifteen or six- 

 " teen learned natives, who vied with each other in 

 " giving correct answers to all his questions concern- 

 •* ing the names and virtues of the principal vegera- 

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