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XX. — Commentary on the IIerbariu7n Amhoi- 
nense. ^-i^^^^j. 
By Francis Hamilton, M. D., 
Fellow of the Royal Societies, and Societies of Antiquaries of London and 
Edinburgh ; of the Linnsean Society of London ; and of the 
Asiatic Society of Calcutta. 
{Read \Uh June 1823, &c.) 
LIBER PRIMUS. 
Caput I. II. III. & IV. 
Palm a indica major, p. 1, t. 1, 2, 3. 
This is the best account that I have seen of what mo- 
dern botanists call the Cocos nucifera. In the second 
chapter are enumerated thirteen species, which seem to be 
of the nature which botanists call Varieties, as arising in the 
kinds of plants that are much cultivated. The only one 
that may perhaps be a distinct species, seems to be the 12th, 
or Terri, (p. 12.) ; concerning which, however, I know no- 
thing farther than what Rumphius states. 
Caput V. & VI. 
Pinanga domestica, p. 26. 
This is the Areca Catechu of modern botanists, concern- 
ing which I may refer to my Commentary on the first part 
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