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Latin Names. 
2d Ed. Lin. Sp. 
Englilh Names. 
Obfervations. 
Caryophyllus aro- 
maticus 
Lin. Sp. 735 
Cloves 
In the Molucca iflands. 
* O 
Piper Nigrum 
p. 40 
Pepper 
Sumatra,, 
Garcinia Monga- 
ftona 
P* 6 3 S 
Mangofteens 
A mod delicious fruit, grows 
in Java, and in feveral parts 
of the Eaft-Indies. 
Lechee 
Lechee of China 
This fruit is highly commend- 
ed by all perfons who have 
been in China *. 
Ipecacuanha 
Dale. 170 
Margrave 17 
Ipecacuanha of the 
{hops, or Brafilian 
root. 
Very ufeful in medicine, and 
worthy of our attention to 
propagate it in cur Weft- 
India iflands: at prefect its 
genus is unknown to the 
botanifts. 
Ferula Afla Foetida 
Lin. Sp. 356 
4 
Alla Foetida, orDe- 
vil’s dung, called 
Hing in the Malay 
language 
The gumof this plant is much 
much ufed in medicine. 
Kaetnpf. 535 and 536. 
To this catalogue may be added liquorice, faftron, and aloes foco~ 
forma: of the two fir ft we do not raife near a fufficiency at home for 
our own confumption, but are obliged to import thofe articles from 
Spain. 
plants, for the information of the publick, to the Britifh Mufeum. They are certainly of the 
fame genus with the true nutmeg, and poffibly may be improved by cultivation ; the mace evi- 
dently covers them, and they have all the characters and the fame leaves with the wild Nutmegs 
tree defcribed by Rumphius, in his Herbarium Amboinenfe, publilhed by Burman, 
* The characters of this fruit are not yet known to the botanilis. 
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