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The first character in the Chinese name is evidently .wrong. In the 
Chin. Botany Chi ivu ming shi t 'u k'ao XXXI, fol. 54, Carica Papaya L. 
is represented in a drawing and termed ^ /H fff fan hua shu (foreign 
melon tree). A drawing of it is also found in Bontius 1. c. 96. 
4. Pa cyao xu -Emm- Ficus indica et sinica. Integra 
anno fructus iste reperitur in Indiis efc apud Sinas in regnis 
australibus. In Brasilia fructus vocatur Banana* 
5. Kia giu (sen Ka gin ) xu |ff $0 Frnctus indicus, apud 
Sinas non reperitur, verum in regnis quae Sinarum olim 
fuerant abnndanter provenit et crediderim allatum in Iunnam 
et Quamsi posse produci. Arbor est magna foliis pulcherrimis 
et semper virentibus. Frnctus imitatur pomum flavum vel 
rubicundum, nbi maturescit oddriferum, verum pomi succus 
agrestis est, et earo si comedatur guttur mordet. Fructus 
nullum semen habet, sed in vertice illius ad instar nuclei 
prominet, quem cortex glaucus, albarn carnem et solidam 
recondens, instar castaneae vel amygdalae nucis cooperit, 
saporem earumdem si elixetur referens. Indi et Lusitani 
nucleis dictis loco amygdalarum utuntur; 
The above description and the accompanying drawing of the fruit leave 
no doubt that Anacardium occidentale L. is meant. The Chinese characters 
render, it seems, the Indian name of it, being Caju (Watson names of 
Indian plants etc.). Comp, also Loureiro 304, Bontius l.c. 193. 
6. 7. Lici ^ ^ et Lum yen ff§ 0j| frnctus. W8jjKelIli.na 
iLitSChi. Gam band W- Bimgail. Camb. (V. supra Martini 7.) 
8. Giambo fj§ Fructus du.plicein babet speciem, nam et 
rubri et albi colons in India, subflavi rosarura fragrantium 
reddens odore in Malacca, Macao et Sinarum insula Hiam-xan 
reperitur. Prior species florem purpureum, posterior alboflavum 
babet. Folia pulcberrima laevia ac uno palmo longa triumque 
digitorum lata. Frutus ipse magnus plane sicut pomum, 
frigidissimae qualitatis. 
Boym describes two species of the Bose-Apple, Jamhu in India, viz: 
Eugenia malaccensis. L. (purple flowers) and E. Jarahos. L. (yellowish 
white flowers). The fruit is well represented by the drawing.—The island 
Hiang shan is situated north of Macao. E. Jambos is naturalized in Hong, 
kong (Bth. fl. hong. 120.) 
9. Fan po lo mie Jjg $£. JLnanas fructus in australibus 
regnis Quamtum, Quamsi, Iunnam, Focien et insula Hainan 
provenit abunde. Ad Indias orientales ex Brasilia dicitur 
fuisse appertains, 
The first Chinese character is again wrong and is to be read 
•an (foreign). 
10. Manco '(Chinese characters illegible). In australibus 
terris prodqcitur uberrima. 
