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Alstrcemeria aic7'ea, A. braziliensis, Criniim amabile, C. asiaticum, 

 C. omatum, C. 'pediiiwiilatum^ Eurycles aiostralis, E. cunninghamii , 

 Pancratium hiflorum, P. malabaricmn, P. speciosum. 



Ferns and Lycopods are as extensively cultivated in the Straits 

 Settlements as Orchids, and the number and variety of indigenous 

 kinds is as great as in any part of the world, so that this branch of 

 horticulture is very popular and successful. 



Seed-plants. — Plants cultivated for their seeds would make a 

 very extensive list if we include the cereals, such as Triticum^ 

 Panicum, Setaria, Sorghuin, Zea mays, Oryza, and the legumes 

 such as the Peas (Pisum arvense, sativum, &c.), the Beans 

 (Pliaseolus), Pigeon-pea (Cajanus indicusj, the Soy (Dolichos soja). 

 Buckwheat (Polygonum fagopyrum), &c. In this essay no more 

 can be done than to enumerate a few of the most common. 



Goffea arahica cultivated extensively in Java, but more sparingly 

 in all the other islands. Strange to say, Blanco thought it indig- 

 enous in the Philippines. It is a native of Abyssinia. 



Theohroma cacao or Cocoa is extensively cultivated all over 

 Malaysia, 



Gossypiumj herhaceum, L., Algodonero, a Spanish word which 

 is in use by all the Philippine Indians ; in nearly all the Malay 

 dialects Kapas and Kabu-kabu ; in Bengali Kapase ; in Hindo- 

 stanee Kapas, all derived from the Sanskrit word Karpassi; 

 Arabic Kutn whence Coton and probably Algodon; Chinese 

 (Punti) Min; Mandarine Mien; Japanese Wata and Momen. 

 Probably its original habitat was Malaysia. Two exhaustive 

 works have appeared on the subject lately in Italy, one by 

 Parlatore* and the other by Todaro.f The former admits 

 seven well-known species and two doubtful, while Todaro counts 



* Monogr. delle specie d. Cotoni, 4to. Florence, 1866. 

 t Relaz. della coltura dei Cotini in Italia con monographia del genere 

 Gossypium. 8vo. Roma, 1877. 



