B a u h i n i a .
C as s ia .
G u ilan din a .
L imonia.
A verrhoa.
C r a t a e v a .
E u p h o r b i a .
F i s i d i u m .
Tomentofa, and Acuminata, Burm. Zeyl. tab. 18, and Raii Hiß.
ii. 1558, are found here. The true ebony, which grows plentifully
in this ifland, is fuppofed to be a fpecies of Bauhinia;
yet this once valuable wood is not afcertained.
V a r i o u s kinds of Caffia, or Senna, are natives of Ceylon;
among others, the ufeful C. Fißula, ii. tab. 21, fo good and fine
a purge.
Banduc, v. Rumpb. tab. 48, G. Nuga Sylvarum, v.— tab. 50,
are remarkable for their rough nuts, with a hook at the end,
arrefting the travellers.
T h e G. Moringa,—v. tab. 74_5> has a long ilender pod, and
ere cSt ftrait item.
Monopbylla, Burm. Zeyl. tab. 65, and L. Acidißma,— ii. tab.
43. Thefe bear fmall fruits refembling lemons.
Bilimbi,— i. tab. 36, is fingular for being loaden with fruit
ifluing from the knots of the body of the tree; the Av. Ca-
rambola,— i. tab. 35, for its long angular apples,; and the Av.
Acida,—wii. tab. 17, for fmall rounded fruit, growing on the
fide o f the ftalk.
Tapia, Commel. Hort. i. tab. 67, or garlick pear o f the Wefi
Indies.
C r . Marmelos, Rumpb, i. tab. 8j, has a large pear-iliaped
fruit, of a difagreeable fweetnefs, and rank fmell.
Antiquorum, Com. Hort. i. tab. 12, Euph. nerei folia, Rumpb.
iv. tab. 40, an elegant flender angular fpecies. Eu ph. Tiraculli,
vii. tab. 29.
Pyriferum,— i. tab. 47, a roundiih fruit, called in the Weß
Indies, Guava, full of feed, and very indifferent to the tafte.
Malaccenßs,—
Malaccenßs,— i. tab. 36, 38, Nati Scbambu, Rheede, i. tab. E u g e k ia .
18, Raii Hiß. ii. 1478, is a pear-iliaped fruit, growing to the
bare ftalk, a cooling and refreihing kind. — E u g . Iambos, i.
tab. 39, Malacca Scbambu, Rheede, i. tab. 17, Raii Hiß. ii. 1478,
is remarkable for its crooked timber, ufeful for the ribs of
ihips. — E u g . Acutangula, iii. tab. 115, Tfieria Samßravadi,
Rheede, iv. tab. 7, Raii Hiß. ii. 1480, and— E u g . Racemofa,
iii. tab. 116, Samßravadi, Rheede, iv. tab. 16, Raii Hiß. ii. 1479,
bear edible fruits.
Ceylon has four fpecies of myrtle; M. Cumini, Rumpb. i. tab. M y r t v s . -
41, fmelling like cumin feed; M. Zeylanica, remarkable for its
great fragrancy; M. Androfamoides, M. Caryophyllata, from its
aromatic fmell; and M. Pimenta, or all-ipice, common to
both the Indies.
Granat a, Woodville, i. tab. 58. The pomgranate, is here cul- Punica.
tivated, and profpers greatly.
, Gutta, Blackwall, tab. 393, Raii Hiß. PI. ii. 1661, grows to be C ambocia.
a large tree, and bears a roundiih ribbed fruit, of a yellow
color. The wood yields a fine yellow concrete folid juice,
brought over in large cakes. It is in our difpenfary, and a£ts
powerfully both upwards and downwards. Some phyficians
hold it to be a dangerous medicine; others commend the ufe,
but all recommend it with caution. It is prefcribed in dropfies,
and leprous cafes. Painters know this drug as the richeft of
yellows.
Lotus, Alpin. /Egypt. 50, or water lilly, the Lotus Mgyptiaca N ymphoea.
of Pliny, lib. xiii. c. xvii, which appeared after the falling
of the waters o f the Nile. The old /Egyptians laid the fruit