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COLLOQUY XXIV. 
De dtias Maneieas de Galanga. 
[Of the two kinds of galanga^ the rhizomes of Alpina officinarum, 
Hance, and A. galangal, "Willd, the former is the small kind and is 
from China, and the latter, the large kind, is from Java.] 
Called calvegido by the Arabs (should be hhalandjdn) ; chaligao 
and galimgem by the Moors after Serapion ; ^ lavandon by the Chinese 
for their species, and lancuaz by the Javanese for theirs. The Indians 
and Portuguese apply the last name, lancuaz, to both varieties. 
Garcia describes the Chinese species as having leaves like the myrtle 
(which is incorrect, both being flag-like plants with lanceolate 
leaves). They are propagated by their roots like ginger, though 
occasionally grown from the seeds by the Javanese residing in India, 
who used the plants in salads and for medicine. He says it is quite 
different from the Calamo aromatico and acoro {see Coll. xi.), is hotter, 
and has a sweeter smell, and is not applicable to the same purposes. 
He adds that it is a mistake of the Italian friars to identify it with 
esquinanto {see Coll. lii.), which grows in Arabia. 
[Eeferences. — Chisius {Acosta), p. 48 ; Zinschoten, ii., p. 131 ; Fiso, 
Majitissa Aromatica, p. 191 ; Ainslie, i., p. 140 ; ii., p. 146 ; Fluchiger 
and Hanlury, p. 580 ; Khory, p. 524.] 
COLLOQUY XXV. 
Do Ceavo. 
[Of the Clove — Plowers of Eugenia caryophyllata, Thunb.] 
Called gariofilo, or more properly, says Garcia, cariofilo by the 
Latins {caryophy Ilium) ; calafur (should be quaranfol) by the Arabs, 
Persians, Turks, and most of the Indians ; chanque (should be chenheh) 
in the Moluccas. 
Garcia (incorrectly) says it was a recent discovery unknown to the 
Greeks, and not mentioned in Galen's original works, though occurring 
in later editions. He refers to the Molucca Islands as having been 
the cause of war between the Spanish and Portuguese. He says the 
trees resemble the laurel in size, and that though they grew in Ceylon 
^ Cap. 332. Further on he says, Serapion described the two species under th 
names calumgiam, c. 331, and cazerhender, c. 196. 
