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It must also be observed, that Rumphius himself doubted 
of his plant being the same with the Anona of Oviedo, which 
Plukenet says (Aim. S2) is the Cachima of the Caribbaean 
Islands, that is, the Anona muricata. 
When the elder Burman published his Thesaurus Zey- 
lanicus, he considered it likely (21) that the plant of Rum- 
phius is the same with the Anona sylvestris of Herman, or 
Ahughas of the Ceylonese (misprinted Alughas in Burman, 
a way of spelling carefully since copied), an indigenous 
plant, now called Anona asiatica (Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 1S67) ; 
but since Linnaeus first introduced the species (FL Zeyl. 
^25), several synonyma have been added, and especially 
the Guanabanus fructu pitrpureo^ an American plant, very 
possibly the same with the Anona of the Hortus Malaba- 
ricus, I must admit, that the plant, which I consider as 
the one meant by Rumphius, is chiefly found about vil- 
lages, and may therefore perhaps be an exotic, while the 
name Nona, by which it is usually called in the Gangetic 
provinces, savours much of being derived from Anona, a 
Mexican word, as Rumphius alleges : yet the plant, accord- 
ing to him, differs so much from the descriptions of the 
American Anona, that I am inclined to think it indigenous, 
and that it may be the Anona asiatica, as constituted by 
Linnaeus (Fl. Zeyl. 225). This I judge to be the case, 
the more especially, because it is much more generally dif- 
fused than the Anona squamosa, no doubt an American 
plant ; while its fruit is execrable, and totally unworthy of 
transportation, and that of the Anona squamosa is deli- 
cious. 
However this may be, Linnaeus, in the Species Planta- 
rum, under the name Annona reticulata, joined the plant 
of Rumphius with the West Indian plant already men- 
tioned ; and if they be different, which I think probable, 
I cannot say which he really meant. He took no notice of 
