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fruit round smooth, not furrowed; size of a crab apple,—when ripe of a purple 
colour throughout; it has an agreeable acid flavor, and is eaten by the na- 
tives.— Workers in iron use the acid juice as a mordaunt.—a concrete oil 
is obtained from the seeds which is well known and used at Goa for adul- 
terating Ghee. (Bombay Courier 12th June 1830.)—in gardens Bombay.-~ 
pretty common in some parts of the Concan:—in the ravines at Kandalla. 
194. G. Mancostana. Rox, Flora. 2. p. 6/8. Rumph. Amb. 1. ¢. 43. 
The Mangosteen tree; intd. hy N. from Sincapore.--Perhaps it may be 
naturalized by grafting on the last species. 
195, G. Roxsuren. Wight’s Illust. No. 8. p. 125, 
G. Zeylonica. Rox, Flora. 2. p. 621. 
G. Cowa. Rox. Flora, 2° p. 622. 
G. Cambogia. Rox. Cor, 3. ¢. 298.—fruit furrowed.--some very large trees 
grow in a grove at Belgaum. (Mr. Law.) ; 
100, XANTHOCHYMUS. Rox: Polyadelphia Polyandria. 
Zanthos.—yellow, chio—to pour out:—the fruit abounds in yellow juice. 
195. X. Ovatirotivs, w. & a. 355. Rox. Flora.2. p, 632.—Garcinia Gutta. 
Wight’s Illust. No. 8. p. 126. Hebradendron Cambogioides. Wight’s. Lllust. 
#, 44.—in Madras Journal of Science. No. 13. 3 
Taweer;—a small tree: leaves opposite, oval, polished: flowers sessile; ver- 
ticilled on the branches; small, white; appear in December; fruit ripens in 
March and April; round, with a smooth green rind; about the size of the 
Kokum; (Garcinia purpurea.) full of a yellow clamiay juice.—In the ravines 
at Kandilla.—on the Parr Ghaut; along the line of Ghauts generally. 
Dr. Wight describes the fruit as being about the size of a cherry; per- 
haps be saw it before it had attained the full size, or the plant here re- 
ferred to may be a distinct species, though it accords well with the one he has 
figured in Illust. t. 34.--probably this is the tree which furnishes the Gamboge 
gumof commerce. It is very ornamental, 
101. MESUA.L. Polyandria Monogynia, 
Mesues—the father and son:—Arabian Physicians who lived at Damascus 
in the 8th and 9th centuries. 
197, M. Ferrea. w.& A. 357. Rox, Flora. 2. p. 605. Rheed. Mal. 3. ¢. 53 
Nagkesura, Asiat. Res. 4. p. 295.—where Sir W. Jones weH remarks, 
“surely the genuine appellation of an Indian plant should be substituted for 
the corrupted name ofa Syrian Physician who could never have seen it: and 
if any trivial name were necessary to distinguish a single species, a more 
absurd ove than iron (ferrea) could not possibly have beenselected fora 
flower with petals like silver and authers like gold,” 
One of the most elegant trees;—much cultivated in the Eastern Islands 
and Malabar for its beautiful flowers, which in size and shape resemble those 
of the sweet briar:—their perfume partakes of the rose and violet.—S, 
Concan. N.whereitis called Nag chumpa. In a grove near Belgaum where 
itis also called Nag Chumpa;—the flowers are regularly picked as they 
expand, for sale in the bazar, and preserve their fragrance even when dried. 
The Jonesia asoca grows inthe same grove. (Mr. Law.) 
Dr. Wallich found both these elegant trees growing round the spot where 
he discovered the Amherstia nobilis, in Burmah. c 
102. CALOPHYLLUM. t. Polyandria Monogynia. 
Kalos—beautiful, phyllon—a leaf:—the leaves are elegantly veined. Lam. 
t, 459. 
{98. C. INOPHYLLUM. w,& A. 358. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 606, Rheed. Mal 
4. ¢, 38.—Wight’s Icones, ¢. 77. Illust. No, 8. p. 128, ts ‘ 
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