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continent of Afia, but it has been tranfplante$ 

 to Columbo in Ceylon, and the Dutch novy 

 fupply all Afia with it. Is it different from the 

 root of Lopez or Lopezia $ and if fo, what ar 4 e 

 the characters of each ? 



14. A defcription of the fmall grains and 

 Phafeoli, with which the Indians on the Coro- 

 mandel coaft fow their fields after the rice har- 

 yefl, with the minutiae of their cultivation, efpe- 

 cially the machines employed for watering the 

 grounds. 



15. A tree or plant in Cochin China called 

 Tfai, on Being fermented like Indico, plenti- 

 fully fur'nifhes a green colored flour, which in 

 dyeing gives a lafting tincture of a fine emerald j 

 it would be therefore worth enquiring after the 

 method of extracting the color, and the addi- 

 tional fubftances employed in fixing it, and 

 what fluffs are befi fitted to receive the fame. 



16. Are the flamina of the Pterocarpus 

 Draco, Lin. which is called Draco arbor fill- 

 quofa populj folio, by Commelin, and Lingoum 

 by Rumph. Amb. 2. t. 70. connected or fepa- 

 rate ? 



17. Which genus of plants does the true 

 Ebony belong to ? Is it an Afpalathus ? 



18. Is the Croton lacciferum, of which cer- 

 tain infects are faid to make or extract the Lac 

 or Gummi Lacca, found in China or Coro- 

 mandel; and ao the infecls really employ the 

 plant for this purpofe '? Vid. feci. IV. 18. 



19. Many varieties of Rice are found in 

 India, as the Red with red hiifks ; the little 

 Rice fmall grained, oblong and tranfparent ; the 

 great long Rice with round grains the dry 

 Rice which grows beft; on a dry foil, and re- 



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