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lappoides sinensis (p. 92), and he says that it is cultivated 
by the Chinese and Japonese as an ornament, — " ob plu- 
mosam ejus forraam." Kumphius spells its Chinese name 
Titsjiu, which is no doubt the same with Tessio, the more 
learned name of the Cycas revoluta, which is called Sotits, 
and Sodots, by the vulgar in Japan. I am inclined to sus- 
pect that the resemblance, however imperfect, between 
these latter names and Setitsou, Sotectsou, and Soteetsou, 
is the only foundation for supposing that the Cycas ci^'ci- 
nalis produces the most valuable kind of sago ; and I am 
incHned to think that the Setitson is not, as Rheede sup- 
posed, a Cycas, but a. real Sagus. 
Caput XXi. 
Manga domestica, p. 93, t. 25. 
This is the Mangifera Indica of Linnaeus and subsequent 
authors, a name as improper, as if we were to call the apple- 
tree Malifera Europoea. The species of Manga mentioned 
by Rumphius are varieties, in a botanical sense ; and, in 
fact, the varieties cultivated in India are fully as numerous 
as those of the apple found in Europe. 
Manga Pau in Banda vocata, p. 96, t. 26. 
In neither description nor figure can I discover any es- 
sential difference between this and the Manga domestica. 
Manga sylvestris prima, p. 97* 
Manga sylvestris secunda, p. 97. 
Table 27 is said to represent the Manga sylvestris, but 
no notice is given to which of the species it should be re- 
ferred. If we might venture to judge from the position of 
the leaves in the figure, this should be the Mangifera oppo- 
sitifolia of the Hortus Bengalensis (18), of which I trans- 
