THE HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE. 335 
that even the Tamaratonga, which Rheede says is the vul- 
gar name in Malabar, is a mere corruption, by errors in 
copiers and printers, of the same word. As for Carambola, 
it is, I suspect, one of those productions of careless travel- 
lers, which are considered as Indian words by Europeans, 
and as European words by the Indians. 
Caput XXXI. 
Blimbingium teres, p. 118, t. 35. 
The synonyma of older authors may be found in the 
elder Burman (Thes. Zeyl. 147), and in the Flora Zeyla- 
nica of Linnaeus (177). This great author, in his Species 
Plantarum, called it Averrhoa biUmbi, preferring the un- 
couth name of Rheede, corrupted from the Malay ; while 
Rumphius afforded two good specific names, stellatum and 
teres, for the two species of Averrhoa, which he described. 
The names of Rheede, however^ continue to be used by all 
recent authors of note. 
Caput XXXII. 
Jambosa domestica, p. 121, t. 37. 
This is undoubtedly the Eugenia Malaccensis of all bo- 
tanists since the time of Linnaeus ; and, for what I have to 
say on the subject, I may refer to my Commentary on the 
First Part of the Hortus Malabaricus, (Lin. Trans, xiii. 
481). I have here, however, to add, that this fruit, in its 
native country, the Eastern Archipelago, has a superior 
quality to what it possesses as an exotic in ancient India.. 
I believe also, that all the kinds mentioned by Rumphius, 
even the Jambosa calapparia (p. 122), are merely such 
varieties as occur in all plants that are much cultivated. 
