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WESTERN HINDOOSTAN.
arcmaticus, Nardus, Cqftus, Xylocinnamomum^ Afpalatbos, anQ,
Sefama, or the oil extracted from its feed.
Cassia. Bastard cinnamon, the Cqffia of the fhops, and*Laurus
CaJ/ia, Burman. Zeyl. 63, tab. 28, grows here in great plenty,
and the bark is a great article of commerce in India: fome
little is fent to Europe, but the confumption is very fmall, as we
prefer the true fpecies: the bark is more red, and has a lefs
flavor. It is faid, that the forefts of Malabar produce annually
two hundred thoufand pounds weight.
It is-endlefs to enumerate the plants or trees of India; the
knowledge of its vegetable kingdom can only be learned from the
number of books expreffly written on the fubje<5l; yet, in the
courfe of this topography, 1 fhall incidentally give a brief account
of the moft lingular, or the mdft ufeful. In this place I fhall de-
tain the reader a little longer than ufual, to mention the ufeful
Bamboo Reed. Bamboo, a reed which is found frequent in the country. It is
the retreat of tigers, panthers, bears, and other beafts of prey;
and the haunt of infinite numbers and varieties of the monkey
tribe. Botanifts ityle it Arundo Batnbos, and Arundo arbor; k
is an evergreen. The ftem is of a vivid green, but as it grows
older, becomes of a duller color. I refer to the Syjlema Plant a-
turn for the fynonyms. Rumpbius, iv. 8, defcribes, but does not
give its figure, In the Hortus Malabaricus, i. tab. 16, it is
found under the title of Ily. Bamboo is not the Indian name,
but one impofed on it by the Portuguese, from the violent ex-
plosion the hollows give on being fet on fire, occafioned by the
confined air, little inferior to that of a piece of artillery. This
plant grows to a prodigious height, fo as to over-top all trees of
if* the
WESTERN HINDOOSTAN.
arcmaticus, Nardus, Cqftus, Xylocinnamomum^ Afpalatbos, anQ,
Sefama, or the oil extracted from its feed.
Cassia. Bastard cinnamon, the Cqffia of the fhops, and*Laurus
CaJ/ia, Burman. Zeyl. 63, tab. 28, grows here in great plenty,
and the bark is a great article of commerce in India: fome
little is fent to Europe, but the confumption is very fmall, as we
prefer the true fpecies: the bark is more red, and has a lefs
flavor. It is faid, that the forefts of Malabar produce annually
two hundred thoufand pounds weight.
It is-endlefs to enumerate the plants or trees of India; the
knowledge of its vegetable kingdom can only be learned from the
number of books expreffly written on the fubje<5l; yet, in the
courfe of this topography, 1 fhall incidentally give a brief account
of the moft lingular, or the mdft ufeful. In this place I fhall de-
tain the reader a little longer than ufual, to mention the ufeful
Bamboo Reed. Bamboo, a reed which is found frequent in the country. It is
the retreat of tigers, panthers, bears, and other beafts of prey;
and the haunt of infinite numbers and varieties of the monkey
tribe. Botanifts ityle it Arundo Batnbos, and Arundo arbor; k
is an evergreen. The ftem is of a vivid green, but as it grows
older, becomes of a duller color. I refer to the Syjlema Plant a-
turn for the fynonyms. Rumpbius, iv. 8, defcribes, but does not
give its figure, In the Hortus Malabaricus, i. tab. 16, it is
found under the title of Ily. Bamboo is not the Indian name,
but one impofed on it by the Portuguese, from the violent ex-
plosion the hollows give on being fet on fire, occafioned by the
confined air, little inferior to that of a piece of artillery. This
plant grows to a prodigious height, fo as to over-top all trees of
if* the