the Hon, Malab^zKo confirms; I rake this for a fort of Myroba-k^yHPi i^s^, 
lan^ and is the molt pleafant of all I knowas3^et, having a ^^i^}-^iMd.6\.%\ 
grateEil acidity, and tnakesfweet Meats, Achar^ &c. The por-^^ f^^- i^.i p 
tugueze here cali this Coere-melas^ the N'athes ufe it very little in 
Phyjick y the name fignifies Cbrijljans Myrobalan^ or Chriftians 
IsJellecai, S. B. 
25.4. Timhd maraum olCarpam^l^m\Malah, s ^ 
GuajavdC fru8:u, arbor Madrafp, foliis Fdgt maximis Muf, Fe-Muf. mm^ 
tiver. 417. INDIAN EBONY, 4^7^ • 
This is the Ehony we ufe here-, 'tis a Very hfje tall Tree, 
about the Mountains of Trz/T/j^^d-*?, 50 or 60 fbot^/V/?, andabout 
5 foot thick 5 but thofe that grow nearer the Sea fide are hardly 
one third of that bignefs, containing little or no 'Ebony : the. 
heart of the Tree only being blacky which in the largeft Trees 
fddom exceeds a fcjor, often lefs, the reft all white Sap: The 
fwVis good to eat, being very^fweet,^ like C/;^/^/^;!^///;;^ and - 
faimm^ S«B. 5. 1 93. the Seed of w'hich laft and thefe are exaft-- " 
ly. alike : I therefore count them to be of kin. I can't as yet 
learn that the 'Natives x& this in Vhyfick^ except here and there* ^ 
one, who ufe it as, an ingredient in th^ir CuddaNce ( which is De- 
coctions for the Vox) which poffibly they may have done in jmi- -- 
tation of the fortuguefe^ who do tlie fame. S. B. 
Poon ciiedde Malab. ' $ % i ^ 
Waga fenfitiva aquatica Mdlabarica non ramofa. PiukX/j^o' 
an Mimofa Orient alk non fpinofa, rarioribus ramisj i floribus%. 4, ' 
fpicatis fluh Tab. 307. Fig. 4,. an ^Xchynomene tJihis 2, vel po- Breyu.c^w^. 
tius Herba cafta Z^//^;?/Vr/ filiquis latis com.preiis minoriW^^.^^^ 
Br^';^. Cent. 47. Fig, 52. 2^ Ladfchini Totta Va^di ^^h. aai/^.^ 
Malats, Ray R PL 981. 7. Niti Todda Yaddi Ma/ab, Lmxi Bram.m» 'zQ. ^.i^i 
H. Mai. Vol, 9. Tab. 20. p. 35.- - ' . 
This is 2i Species of iY^frfc t;m^/, for if touchy it (huts its. 
Leaves ( tho very fofcly ) which before w^ere expanded, the 
branches do not move. It grows in Ponds from a light, fpongy, 
long trailing Jtal^^ which fpreads ijiucb, is about a finger thick 
when wet, but when dry ferinks to a faiall , matter, as may be 
feen by the white pa- 1 of the ftalk of this Plant, which lerves 
for a Root: ^ The N/::i.ves neither eat, nor nit this in^hyfick^ but ^ 
•they believe if the Juice of it be rubFd "un W omens Breajis^ which ~ 
are too big, it will make tiiem liccle. and alfo wilfdrv away -; 
MiU, S, B. 
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