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It may be useful to give the vernacular names of the canes sent from different local- 

 ities for the Paris Exhibition, which it was impossible to name, as those who have 

 opportunities ot doing so may be able to identify them. From Chittagong 

 were received Kerak,jayat and golak ; the first is probably C. latlfolius ; from Assam 

 Riphin, ringer, risan, raidanv, bent, sowka bent, rangi, pakhori, howka, charain- 

 ari, lijai ; from Cachar, Jiali, soondi, and gallah ; from Burma, Theinkyeng, dyau- 

 thaukyenq, engkyeng, toungkyeng, kyengbot, zanoung, khaboung ; from South Kanara 

 Betha and nagabetha, and from the Andamans Boledah,jobetahdah,jobetah, and a 

 palm called chardah. 



16. Z ALACCA WALLICHIANA, Mart. ; Kurz ii. 611. Vern. Yingan, Burm., is 

 an almost stemless palm of the tropical forests of Burma. 



17. NIPA FRUTICANS, Wurmb.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 650; Kurz ii. 541. Vern. 

 Gulga, gabna, Beng. ; Da-ne, Burm. ;' Poothadah, And. (Golphal [fruits] Beng.), is a 

 large soboliferous palm of the river estuaries and tidal forests of the Sundarbans, 

 Chittagong, Burma and the Andamans. The leaves are used for thatching, and toddy 

 is obtained from the spathe. The inside of the large fruit is, when young, edible ; 

 when old it is hard like ivory, but transparent (E. 1530 Sundarbans). 



ORDER CVI. PANDANEJE, 



Two genera, Pandanus and Freycinetia. Of Pandanits, the Screw Pines, there are 

 about seven Indian species, all Burmese or Andaman plants, a few of which extend to 

 Northern and Eastern Bengal and to South India. P, fatidus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 742 ; Kurz ii. 506 ; Gamble 86. Vern. Keurkanta, Hind. ; Kea kanta, Beng, ; Thaky- 

 <et, Burm., is a common stemless shrub of the undergrowth in swamp forests in Bengal 

 and Burma. P. furcatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 744 ; Beddome ccxxviii. ; Kurz ii. 

 5C7 : Gam Me 86. Vern. Jarika, Nep. ; Bor, Lepcha; Q-kaiyeya, Cingh., is a palm- 

 like tree of Northern and Eastern Bengal, Burma and the Western Coast. Stems grey, 

 with a distinct bark, wood resembling that of the palms, outer wood moderately hard, 

 containing satiny-white vascular bundles ; inner wood soft, spongy (E 473, E 2462, 

 Darjeeling Hills, 30 Ibs. per cubic foot). P. odoratissimus, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 738 ; Beddome ccxxviii; Kurz ii. 508. Vern. Keura, Hind. ; Kea, ketnki, keori, Beng. ; 

 Mugalik, Tel. ; Thalay, talum, Tarn. ; Kaida, thala, Mai. ; Mudu-kaiyeya,, Cingh. ; 

 Tsat-tJia-pu, Burm., is a common much branched shrub frequently planted on ac- 

 count of the powerful fragrance of the flowers, but wild on the coasts of South 

 India, Burma and the Andamans. P. Leram, Jones, and P. Andamanensium, Kurz, 

 are trees of the Andaman Islands. P. graminifolius, Kurz, and P. Itevis, Rumph., 

 are screw pines of Burma, the latter only cultivated. Freycinetia insignis, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 

 509, is a scandent shrub of the tropical forests of the Andamans and Ceylon, 



ORDER CVII. LILIACE^B. 



Two genera of shrubs or small trees, viz., Draccena and Cordyline. Kurz describe* 

 seven species of Draccena, four of which are from the Andamans and the other three from 

 the forests of Burma ; they are almost all small undershrubs, with rather large, linear 

 or elliptical leaves, but D. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 155 ; Kurz ii. 543. Vern. 

 Jwam-lin-nek, Burm., of the Andamans, and D, spicata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 157; Kurz 

 ii. 545, also from the Aadamans, but found in Chittagong as well, reach the size of 

 small trees. D. ternifiora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 159. Vern. Bnnamtol, Beng., and 

 D. atropurpurea, Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii. 160, are shrubs of the forests of Syihet. 



Cordyline terminalis, Kth. ; Kurz ii. 546 (Dracana terminalis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 156), is a large shrub from the Moluccas, now extensively grown in gardens in Bengal 

 and Burma. 



To this Order also belong Sanseviera zeylanlca, Willd.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 161. The 

 Bowstring Hemp. Vern. Murba, muraharcL, murgili. Beng. ; Mall&i mauji, Salem ; 



