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tells u% is got in the province of Corfima and king- 
dom of Cambodia, from the tree Anacardium, called 
by the inhabitants Tcn-Rak, that is, Tree-Rak. The 
fruit of this tree lie fays exprefly is called in our 
fhops Anacardium: his words are, u cujus frudtus 
u officinis noftris Anacardium didtus (10).” 
In Mr. Miller’s anfwer to the Abbe Mazeas he 
fays, this Varnifli is produced from the Anacardium, 
or Cafhew nut-tree : end recommends it to the inha- 
bitants of our fouthern colonies in America to draw 
this Varnifn from it, as a national advantage. 
In order to know what kind of tree bears this 
officinal Anacardium, I conlulted Linnaeus’s Ma- 
teria Medica, and Species Plantarum ; and there I 
And it a quite different genus of plants from the 
Acajou or Cafhew nut-tree of Tournefort. He calls 
this oriental Anacardium, Avicennia; and has given 
its characters at large in his Genera Plantarum, and 
ranks it among the Tetrandia monogynia ; whereas 
the occidental Anacardium or Cafhew nut-tree of the 
American iflands he calls Anacardium, and ranks it 
among the Decandria monogynia. 
As the printers or ftainers of callicoes in the Eafl> 
Indies make ufe of fome black dye, that holds its 
colour, and does not impair their cloths, I tried fome 
freffi nuts of this oriental Anacardium, and found, 
that not only from my own experience, but lately 
from the confirmation of many gentlemen in the 
Eaft- India trade, that a fine black colour, which will 
not wafh out, is ftruck on cotton and linen with the 
(9) See Fig. 6, Tab. 25, 
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