Collected at Bombay, Ml 



The carambola is called kurmul by the natives, a word 

 which signifies sour or sharp tasted. 



16. Argemone Mexicana. A common weed, if not a na- 

 tive, it is, at least, completely naturalized. 



17. Alangium 6-petalum. Grows on Elephanta. 



18. Anona squamosa. Custard apple, very common 

 thoughout India. The fruit is used as an article of food 

 by the natives in times of scarcity ; it is produced in great 

 abundance with the slightest care ; the tree seems to grow 

 indifferently on all soils and situations. 



19. Anona reticulata. Bullock's heart, so named from 

 the shape of the fruit, which is also eaten, though it is in- 

 ferior to the custard apple. The flowers have a very sweet 

 smell, something like the finest flavoured pears. This 

 species is not nearly so common as the other. It is generally 

 to be found planted near temples along with the other 

 species. They call them ram vhool and ceta vhool, in 

 honour of a heathen god and goddess ; vhool means flower.^ 



20. Adansonia digitata. This tree appears to be natu- 

 ralized. Several of them grow on Bombay Island, through- 

 out the Concan and in Guzurat. I do not think any use is 

 made of the fruit ; the tree assumes a very fantastic shape, 

 the trunk very short and rapidly tapering ; it attains a great 

 size.f 



21. AbTM^ precatorius. A climber common in the hedges 

 and jungles; when the pods open and display its red bead 

 like fruit, it looks very pretty. The natives use the seeds 

 for weights, and call them Gooneh, 



22. Artemisia Indica. 



23. Aristolochia Indica. This is a rare plant, with dingy 

 looking flowers and leaves. I have found it on Malabar 

 hill and Cross Island in the harbour. Humboldt tells us, 

 the South Americans use the flowers of some of their gigantic 

 species for hats. 



24. Artocarpus incisa. Bread fruit tree. I only know 

 one tree on the island, it grows well and produces fruit, of 



• The author states in a letter to me that "the properties of Indian plants are 

 little known, and no dependence whatever can be placed on native names. In 

 fact very few have any place in their nomenclature. They are Jungle ka vhool, i.e. 

 wild flowers." — Edit. 



t There is a fine specimen of this tree in Caranja Island. See Records, vol. i., 

 335.— Edit. 



