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APPENDIX. No. V. 
Page Ixi. 
The botanical specimens, mentioned in Park's letter, arrived safe in England^ 
and were received by Sir Joseph Banks, by whose kind information the editor 
is enabled to add the following particulars concerning theui. 
1. Fang Jani, or self-burning tree. The specimens received under this 
name, were branches of a species of Pandanus, which, for want of the parts 
of fructification, could not be ascertained. The shoots and bases of the leaves 
were black and withered, resembling in appearance leaves and branches that 
had been subjected to the action of fire. The leaves, however, above their 
bases, were green, although dry. On a closer examination, those parts which 
appeared like charcoal, were found to differ entirely from that substance, as 
they would not give a black colour to paper when rubbed upon it. Besides, 
it was wholly incredible that the young shoots and bases of the leaves should 
break out into a blaze, while the tops of the leaves, far less succulent than the 
young shoots, remained quite free from fire, not being even singed in the 
smallest degree. 
On a more careful examination, the black colour appeared to be occasioned 
by a disease in the plant, of the nature of the mildew or rust of corn, arising 
from a parasitic fungus, probably of the nature of the Pucciiiia of Europe ; 
the species of which could not be ascertained on account of the advanced 
state of growth of the specimen. This explanation accords very ill with the 
declarations of the negroes, who affirm, that they have often seen fires in the 
woods, occasioned by the spontaneous burning of these shrubs ; but it is men- 
tioned in Mr. Park's letter, " that few of the natives had seen it actually 
burning." 
2. Kino. The origin of this drug, long ago admitted into the Pharmaco- 
poeias of Europe, was unknown, till Mr. Park sent a specimen of the plant 
