744 CXXVI. SCITAMIXE.T^. 



Bavennla nuidaciascarensis, Sonnerat, Voy. v. 3 (1782) Bk. 5, p. 244. 

 A very elegant tree known as tlie Traveller's Tree, with plantain-like 

 leaves on long petioles forming a fan-like head ; flowers white. A 

 native of Madagascar, grown in gardens, but it does not thrive at any 

 great distance from the coast. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 198 : K. Schum. in 

 Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 45 (1900) p. 29, fig. 6 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1050. Urania speciosa, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2 (1799) p. 7; Grah. Cat. 

 p. 213; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 89. 



Canna indica, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 1. Rootstock tuberous with 

 many fibres ; stem 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 6-18 by 4-8 in., oblong- or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Plowers rather distant, 2-2| in. 

 long, scarlet or yellow. Fruit erect, g-l in. long, subglobose or oblong, 

 obscurely 3-lobed. Seeds the size of a pea, spherical ; testa crustaceous, 

 black, shining. The seeds ai-e commonly known as the Indian Shot. 

 Flowers inore or less throughout the year. In gardens in the Bombay 

 Presidency very common, but not indigenous. Fl. B. I. v. G, p. 260 ; 

 (Trah. Cat. p. 211 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 88 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1047; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. v. 2, p. 102. 



Elettaria Cardamoniitm, Maton, in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 10 (1811) 

 p. 254. Eootstock woody or fleshy, branching ; stem 6-9 ft. high, 

 clothed below with spongy sheaths. Leaves subsessile, 1-2 ft. by 3 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate. Panicles several to one leafy stem, 1-2 ft. long ; 

 bracts linear-oblong, persistent, I5-2 in. long. Calyx | in. long. Ij'p 

 of corolla white, streaked with violet. Capsules subglobose or oblong, 

 about ;j in. long, marked with many fine vertical ribs. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 251 1 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521, & Gard. in 

 Ind. ed. 5, p. 482 : K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 46 

 (1904) p. 268; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 227. Alpinia Carda- 

 momnm, Eoxb. in Asiat. Ees. v. 11 (1810) p. 355 ; Grab. Cat. p. 206; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 86. — Flowers : Jan. Verx. FAchi ; Elachi. 



The CarrJamo'ra ; cultivated in the hilly tracts of N. Kanara and in many parts of 

 S. India. A very full description may be found in Watt's Dictionary, 1. c. 



Ordkr CXXYIL BROMELIACEiE. 



Of this Order there exists but one representative in the Bombay 

 Presidency, the Pine Ajpple, Ananas sativus, Schult., a native of Tro])ical 

 America, often cultivated. Ananas sativus, Schult. f. Syst. v. 7 (1830) 

 p. 1283; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 236. Ananassa saiiva, 

 Lindl. Bot. Eeg. v. 13 (1827) sub t. 1068; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1052. Bromelia Ananas, 

 Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 285 ; Grah. Cat. p. 222 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. 

 p. 94; Bot. Mag. t. 1554. — Flowers : Jan.-Mar. A'ern. Ananas. 



