bwat-Ia-iej (malatii, n^ctaulkes sambaCj L.) The lre« on 

 wliioh i\m grows Uke a pear uee, the Qower while, and 

 the form lilte the unopened buds of the jasmine j the scent 

 18 agreeable. Another Ib called ^ ^ kwun-lang-baog, 

 (cftoanggaj in-aria canangga^ L.) It grows on a tall straight 

 Iree^the flowers are yellow, like the^-^ magnolia pumjli, 

 but longer ; the amell is rather sickly. Another kind ia deno- 

 minated 3 to-mo {tanjong, 7nimusops clefigi, L.')'w\ikh 

 comes originally from Ceylon, called the ® J8 ?E oka 

 fragrana of Ceylon ; the tree is like the ^ f loquat, and 

 the flowers are produced underneath ihc leaves, something 

 like the ^ cainonium ; the fiower re»emblefl the WijiX 

 le-no6 flower, and is usually strung on thTeads by the na- 

 tives ; the seent ia agreeable and perceptible at some distance- 

 These are the principal flowera indtg'enouB to Batavia. 



THB COCOA-injT. 



The native name for the cocoa-nut Ib Calvpa^ and because 

 of the nmiiber of cocoa-nule in l?alavjaj the Chinefle call the 

 place ]^ ^ij P2 Kat-Ia-ptt. The cocoa-nut ia a Epecies of 

 palnij of a large kind j its leaves a re like those of ihe^ ^ 

 fan-leaf tree, but larger. The uae of the cocoa-nut is very ex- 

 tensive ; it may be used for food, or it can be boiled into oil, 

 or distilled into wine ; each nut also coivlains about a pint of 

 water, but principally when in the green ^tate, thetaate of which 

 is like theju/ce of the eugtir-canej'good for elaking thetbirst, or 

 allaying the heat ; the shell nj ay be uFcd for ladleSj being; 

 both convenient and tight ; the hosk is like th&tofthe jfj^ 

 coir pa(m, and c^in be made into TOj^es, or ueed for the «oles of 

 ffioes : in ihort every part of the tree is useful, and nothing 

 to be thrown away, 



THE MANGO. 



The natives call this fruit jiia/^^^-a (JfJ; 0 baug-ka) but 

 the Chinese call it swac. The mangoes of Batavia are 

 far 8U|>crior to those CaiUoii and Foktcn, being uncoinmuiily 



