Chap. 13 Indian Trees, the Names of Which Are Unknown. Indian Trees Which Bear Flax
The Macedonians460 have made mention of various other kinds of trees, the greater part of which, however, are without names. There is one which resembles the terebinth461 in every respect, except the fruit, which is very similar to the almond, though less in size, and remarkable for its extreme sweetness. This tree was met with in Bactria, and some persons looked upon it as a variety of the terebinth, rather than as bearing a strong resemblance to it. As to the tree from which they manufacture a kind of linen462 cloth, in leaf it resembles the mulberry-tree, while the calix of the fruit is similar to the dog-rose.463 This tree is reared in the plains, and there is no sight throughout the cultivated parts of the country that is more enchanting than the plantations of it.