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highly grateful perfume. The only other Indian product 
certainly made out is Lycium indicum, v. p. 32. Garcias 
supposed this to be the Cate or Catechu of the present day, 
but there is no proof of its having been such. It is, 
however, remarkable, that Catechu is not noticed among 
the substances known to the ancients ; but it may have been 
confounded with some other astringent, as Acacia; or 
having so long been called Terra Japonica, it may be 
elsewhere described; as Indigo is among mineral sub- 
stances. (Diosc. v. c. 107.) 
Two substances alone of those stated to be Indian pro- 
ducts, have not yet been ascertained. Of these, Nar- 
caphthon, or Nascaphthon, has been supposed to be Mace; 
as Cancamum, described as the exudation of an Arabian 
tree, has been conjectured to be the lac (luk) dye and resin 
of India. Macer, a bark from the Barbaric region, has been 
thought to be Wrightia antidysenterica, supposing this 
to be the macre, described by Crist. d'Acosta, of the 
Brahmans on the Malabar coast, (Clus. Exot. p. 266). 
Though Macer is always described as a bark, I had given 
me as such the highly aromatic leaves of Rhododendron lepi- 
dotum, under the name of talisfur. Mafur and mafurbooz 
(the /. is easily changed into k. v. p. 32) are, in Persian 
works, assigned as the Greek names of talisafar, under 
which name, the Macer of Dioscorides is alluded to by 
Avicenna. Amomum is another substance, which still 
remains unknown, but for which the Asiatics give a sub- 
stitute, if it be not the original substance. It is remark- 
able, that under the name hurnama, I obtained the same 
plant, composed entirely of a cluster of small leaves, which 
Clusius has figured Exot. lib. 1. c. 31. p. 199. as huniama 
sent him from Ormuz ; and which Sprengel has supposed 
to be Forstera magellanica, brought by Sir F. Drake. 
From the foregoing enumeration, in which I have con- 
