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perfumed ointments, I think they mu ft have differed 
from ours, whofe fmell is not very fragrant, nor is 
emitted to any great diftance. 
The matter of the prefent inquiry is, whether the 
Cinnamon of Ceylon is the fame fort of plant with 
that growing in Malabar, Sumatra, &c. differing only 
by the foil or climate, in which it grows, which is the 
opinion of Garcias ; or from the culture or manner 
of curing the plant, as I am inclined to believe ; or 
whether it is really a different genus or fpecies of 
plant, as many people believe, and fome botanical 
writers feem to indicate. 
I fhall endeavour to explain this matter by pro- 
ducing, lft, The defcriptions of the moft celebrated 
authors : 
sdly. By producing the moft accurate figures of 
the plants of Sumatra and Ceylon : [See Tab. xxxvi.] 
3 dly. By fhewing the fpecimen of the leaves and 
branches brought from Sumatra. 
I have no fpecimen from Ceylon ; but have care- 
fully examined the fpecimens kept in the Britifh Mu- 
feum, with the afliftance of Dr. Maty and Mr. Emp- 
fon, and compared them with the fpecimens I have 
from Sumatra ; from whence I traced exactly the 
figures brought herewith : which fpecimens are un- 
doubtedly brought from Ceylon, and were the col- 
lections of Boerhaave, Courteen, Plukenet, and Pe- 
tiver. 
But, previous to this inquiry, I would premife, 
that the writers, who give the delcription of the 
Cinnamon of Ceylon, were probably not acquainted 
with that of Malabar at the time of their publishing 
-their works. 
Mr. 
