THE HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE. 37S 
case with my plant. Farther, his first plant (Thes. Zeyl. 
IGS) is said to have ten stamina, all of which in the figure 
are represented as provided with antherse ; and, besides, the 
figure is a very bad representation of the plant which I 
have described. I have, however, very little doubt of this 
being the Wattu or garden Moringa of the Ceylonese, as 
in every part of India it is the plant most common about 
villages. 
2. Moringa siflvestris foliis subtripinnatisj pubescentibus ; 
seminibus alatis. 
Katu Murungha Ceylonensium, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. l63 ? 
Tita (amara) Sojana Hindice. 
Habitat in Magadhae sylvis, et rarius ad saepes plantatur. 
Rami^ raehides, folia pilosa. Folia subtripinnata, id est pin- 
nularum imae quinato-pinnatae, intermediae ternatae, superiores 
simplices. Flores non vidi. Fructus simillimi Moringae do- 
mestical. 
This tree I have seen nowhere, but near Patna and 
Mungher. Its fruit is too bitter to be eaten in curries, as 
that of the domesticated species is ; and is used only as a 
medicine. Having very strong sensible qualities, it proba- 
bly possesses considerable power on the human body; and 
was probably that used by the Dutch physicians in Ceylon 
(Burm. Thes. Zeyl. 164), although some parts of even the 
cultivated kind would seem to afford a valuable medicine. 
Caput LXIV. 
Turia, p. 188, t. 76\ 
In a Commentary on the Hortus Malabaricus (i. 93), 
when treating of the Agaty, I have mentioned the botani- 
cal history of this plant, which is the same. As Rumphius 
says, that the Malabar name is Abati, we may conclude 
that either Agaty or Abati is a typographical error. In 
the observation following this chapter, Burman is quite 
