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Malacca Fruits. 



The Baduc, or Jambosteen {Jig. 43.), is, in flavour and 

 internalstructure, like the mangosteen ; the fruit is white, with 

 a slight tincture of pink colour, and grows in bunches like the 

 fruit of the potato. 



The most beautiful fruit is the Rambosteen, iVephelium (bur- 

 dock) /appaceum (bur-like). {Jig. 44.) It has an echinated 



