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April and May ; fr. Oct. Fruit greedily eaten by the natives, though 

 the pulp is nearly insipid, and uncommonly clammy, adhering to the 

 lips and knife with great tenacity. (Roxb.) 

 4. oblongum, WaU. 5 Khassya Hills, 1828. 



Imbricakia, Commers. (Juss. gen. pi. p. 152; — 6. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 35.) 

 1. Commersonii, G. Don, {I. c. — Mimusops Imbricaria, Willd. ; — Spreng. 

 syst. 2, p. 208 ; — Bl. bijdr. p. 675.) b Bourbon. Mauritius. Java. In 

 gardens. Has been cultivated here for many years, without flower- 

 ing. 



MiMUSOPS, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 170, No. 1419; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 



4, p. 34.) 



\. Elengi, L. {Spreng syst. 2, p. 208; — G, Don. I. c. ; — Glirtn. fr. 1, 

 p. 198, t. 42, /. A;— Roxb. Corom. 1, t. 14; / ind. 2, p. 236 ;— J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 106 ^—Rheed. 1, t. 20 i^Rumph. 2, t. 63.) 

 ^:^^ Bukul. b Moluccas. Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Silhet. FI. middle-sized, white, fragrant, H. S. ; fr. R. 



5. A very ornamental tree, on account of its fragrant flowers gene- 

 rally found in the gardens of the Natives, and round Mussulman 

 Mausoleums. 



2.Kauki, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 208;— G. Do?is Mill. diet. A, p. 35; 

 —Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 238 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 106 ,— R. Br. 

 pr. 1, p. 531. — Mimusops dissectus, Spreng. I. c. ; — B. M. 59, 

 t. 3157, excl. syn. — Mimusops hexandra, Roxb. — Achras dissecta, 

 Forst. — A. Balata, Aubl ; — Rheed. 4, t. 25 ; — Rumph. 3, t. 8.) b New 

 Holland. Moluccas. Malay. Islands. Malabar. Gour. Fl. middle- 

 sized, yellowish white, faintly tinged with rose, H. S. An unctuous 

 fluid exudes from this tree. Fruit esculent, agreeably acid, on which 

 account the tree is extensively cultivated in China, Manilla, and Ma- 

 labar. The leaves pounded and mixed with the roots of Curcuma 

 and with Ginger, are used as cataplasms for tumours. {Hook.) 



3. hexandrus, Roxb. {Corom. 1, ^. 15 ; fl, ind. 2, p. 238; — Spreng. syst. 

 2, p. 208 ;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 35 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 106.) b Mountainous parts of the Circars. Malabar Hill. Bombay. Fl. 

 smallish, whitish, H. S. ; fr. R. S. Wood much used in Guzerat for a 

 variety of purposes, such as making sugar-mill-beams, well-frames, and 

 other things where toughness is required. Fruit eatable. {Dr. Gibson.) 



4. Erythroxylon, Bojer. 5 Mauritius. Bourbon. 



Bassia, Kon. {Spreng _ syst. 2, p. 442, No. 1746 \ — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 35.) 

 1. longifolia, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 447 ; — G. Don. I.e.; — Gurtn.fr. 2, 

 p. 104, t. 104, f. 2 i—Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 523.) b Southern part of 

 the Coast of Coromandel. Malabar. Ceylon. Fl. middle-sized, whitish, 

 May ; fr. Aug. and Sept. Wood as hard and durable as teak, but not 

 so easily worked, nor is it procurable of such length. The leaves are 



