SUMATRA. «3 
lar fhape, growing in cinfters clofe to the branch, and contaiaing each a 
iingle feed, 
LanfaL The tree which bears this fruit is large ; the leaves arc of a 
iightiili green and fomewhat pointed* The fruit is rniali, oval, of a 
light brown ; divides into five cloves, flefhy, and of an agreeable tafte ; 
but the ikm contains a clammy juice, extremely bitter, and which is apt 
to taint the fruit, if not opeqed with care. Jyer ayer. This is not un- 
like the lanfai. The Cbccpa is alio nearly allied to it. 
Brang&n, This fruity the produce of a large tree, Ibrongly refembles 
the Chef nut, and is I think a fpecies of it. They grow fomerimes one, 
two, and three in a huj[k, Jerri ng. This alfo fcems a f^Kcies of the chef- 
nutj but is larger and more irregularly lhaped. The tree is fmaller than 
the former, Tapppos* This has likewife a diftant rcfemblance to the 
chefnut ; has three nuts always in one huik, forming in lhape an oblong 
fpheroid. If eaten unboiled, it is faid to inebriate. The tree is large* 
CmeeUng or hoa cray. This much refembles a walnut, in the flavor 
and confiftence of the fruit ; but the flicll is harder, and it is not divi- 
ded into lobes in the fame manner, nor does the fhell open, being all of 
one piece. The natives of the hills make ufe of it for their curries^ in 
parts where the coconut will not produce fruit. 
Kalappmr, This fruit, the produce of a large tree, is extremely like 
the almond, both in the outer hufk and the kernel within, excepting 
that the latter, inftead of fplitting into two, as an almond readily does, is 
folded up £s it were, and opens fomewhat like a role bud, but continuous 
and pot in diftind pieces. 
Sata* The pulp of this fruit is fweetiih, acidulous, and of a pleafant 
flavor. The outer coat, in fliape like a fig, is covered with fcales, or 
the appearance of baiket work. When ripe it is of a dark browa. It 
enclof^s 
