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because Kumphius states as follows: — " Oras foliorum au- 
gustatas fere ad petiolorum ortum, qui obducti quoque sunt 
tenui^ rufa, et molli lanugine, quali itidem ramuli virides 
surculique obteguntur."" The kernel, however, in the plant 
of Malabar, probably from cultivation, is superior in size to 
what it would appear to be in the wild plant of the eastern 
islands, fully equalling what Rumphius describes that of 
the Catappa domestica to be. The leaves, so far as I have 
observed, are quite entire, so that the only difference be- 
tween the plants of Malabar and Molucca arises fronj the 
leaves of the former being hairy beneath, while in the latter 
they are smooth. The resemblance to this fruit mentioned 
by Plukenet (Mant. 156, cum Aim. 306 collata) appears 
to me far-fetched, and, notwithstanding the author's pru- 
dery, could only have arisen from a prurient imagination 
Caput LIX. 
Cassuvium, p. 177, t. 69. 
This plant, originally a native of America, has now 
spread itself, through most warm countries, in sandy places 
near the sea ; but, in India at least, is seldom found in 
I other situations. Its original name. Acajou, variously writ- 
ten and corrupted, seems to have followed the tree every- 
where, and is known in Old India, the Eastern Archipelago, 
and China. The name Kapa Mava, given to it in the 
Hortus Malabaricus (iii. 65, t. 54), I never heard among 
the natives of Malabar, and suspect some mistake in 
Kheede. 
Caspar Bauhin considered this tree as of the same genus 
with the Anacardium of the East, and therefore most pro- 
perly called it Anacardii alia species. Linnaeus, who knew 
no other kind, in imitation of Bauhin, called the West In- 
dian plant Anacardium Occident ale ; but bis son, having 
