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plants, others are, in their cultivated state, of great commercial 
value, such as cotton, indigo, and indiarubber, but others again, 
as, for instance, Hyptis suaveolens and Passiflora fotida, are 
exterminating the native vegetation wherever they have taken 
root, by their almost incredible luxuriance. Passiflora fetida, 
although introduced hardly ten years ago, is suffocating already, 
to a great extent, the undergrowth of the forest near Fannie Bay, 
and as the fruit is relished by birds and natives, this plant 
promises to become a great nuisance. 
I will now enumerate the plants introduced during the last 20 
years :— 
Papaveraceae. 
Argemone Mexicana, Lin. 
Capparideae. 
Cleome uniglandulosa, Cavan. 
Malvaceae. 
Hibiscus Sabdariffa, Zan. 
Gossypium herbaceum, Lin. 
Gossypium Barbadense, Lin. 
Oxalideae. 
Oxalis corniculata, Lin. 
Oxalis Valdiveana, Bernard. 
Meliaceae. 
Melia Azedarach, Lin. 
Rhamnaceae. 
Ziziphus Jujuba, Lam. 
Leguminosae. 
Indigofera Anil, Zin. 
Indigofera tinctoria, Lin. 
Clitorea ternatea, Lin. 
Phaseolus atropurpureus, Sesse. 
Cajanus Indicus, Sprengl. 
Cassia alata, Lin. 
Mimosa rubricaulis, Zam. 
Mimosa pudica, Zin. 
Acacia Arabica, Waild. 
Acacia leucocephala, Bertero. 
Desmodium gyrans, DeC. 
Passifloreae. 
Passiflora foetida, Cavan., var. pectinata. 
Compositae. 
Ageratum Mexicanum, Sveet. 
“Zinnia elegans, Hort. 
Zinnia verticillata, Andr. 
