272 A COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND BOOK 
M. Lamarck's name aromatica stands on a different foun- 
dation, and should be preserved, although Willdenow has 
been followed by Roxburgh (Hort. Beng. 73), and Aiton 
(Hort. Kew. v. 419). 
CAP. YIII. 
Nux Myristica mas, p. 24, t. 5. 
In a commentary on the Hortus Malabaricus (iv. 9) I 
have pointed out some errors, that have arisen from consi- 
dering the Panam Palca as the same with this. I there- 
fore think, that all the synonyma given in the observation 
by Burman, except that of Valentyn, must be rejected, I 
shall here give what appears to me to be the true synonyma 
of this plant, which I have seen in Malabar (Buchanan's 
Mysore, iii. 161), and which may be readily distinguished 
from the Panem Palca^ by having a much smaller fruit, 
but that possessed of considerable aromatic and narcotic 
powers, as described by Rum phi us. 
Myristica officinalis, Gsertn. de Sem. i. 194, t. 41, f. 1, nescio an 
Linnsei filii ? 
Myristica philippensis, Enc. Meth. iv. 387 ? Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 
870? 
Nux Zey lanica, Moscliatse rotundoe similis, oblonga, Burm. Thes. 
Levi. 172. 
CAP. IX. 
Palala secunda, p. 26, t. 6. 
Palala Cotriman, p. 26. 
Whether or not these are mere varieties, or distinct spe- 
cies, cannot be inferred from what Rumphius says; but 
there can be no doubt of their belonging to the genus 
