654 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
COLLOQUY XXXYII. 
Dos MlEOBOLAKOS. 
[Indian Almond — Terminalia catappa, Linn ; T. hellerica, Eoxb., 
and T. ehehula, Retz., also Phyllanthus emhlica^ Linn.] 
Garcia says these were not the ^^miroholanos^^ of Dioscorides, Galen, 
and Pliny, who gave that name to nutmegs. Called delegi by Avicena, 
and aliligi by Serapion ; delegi is the generic name nsed for all the 
varieties by the Arabs, and for the " citronos " a%far^ the "Indies'* 
aguat, the "queblos" quehulgi, the belericos " heleregi, the " embli- 
cos" emlelgi. 
Our author definitely states that there were five different kinds, 
produced from as many trees, all of which were wild in different parts 
of the country. It is now, however, known that some of the recog- 
nised varieties owe their differences to their being at different stages 
of maturity. 
The variety principally exported to Portugal was from Dabul and 
Cambay, the reason being that the further north the fruits were 
obtained the less subject were they to putrefaction. 
In Go a the " citronos " variety, which is round and purged choler, 
was called by the people arare, the ''emblicos" amale, the "Indies" 
rezanvale, the " belericos " gotim^ the " queblos," which were found in 
Eisnager, Cambay, and Bengal, aretea. The " emblicos " or anvale was 
used for a pickle, and for tanning leather, and dyeing. He compares 
truly enough the leaf of this variety {Phyllanthus) to a fern. The other 
varieties were used in decoctions as purges, and also as conserves. 
Other details of their medicinal properties are also given in this 
Colloquy. 
[References. — Clusius {Acosta), p. 39; Zinschoten, pp. 123-6 ; Pontius 
and Piso, lib. vi., cap. xxiv., p. 109, fig. ; Ainslie, i., pp. 236-241, 
II., p. 128; Khory, pp. 294-301.] 
COLLOQUY XXXYIII. 
Das Mangost^s. 
[The Mangosteen, fruit of Garcinia mangostana^ Gsertn., called in 
Bombay mdngusatina.~\ 
Garcia does not appear to have been personally acquainted with this 
fruit, never having tasted it, and not being aware of its medicinal 
