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left by the decayed leaves. Wood white, hard'%nd durable. Petioles 

 channelled, nearly as long- as the leaves. Panicles terminal when they 

 first appear, but by the growth of 2 or 3 branchlets from the apex of the 

 twig they soon stand in the fork thereof : this is the general habit of all 

 those symjenesious trees found, by me, on this island. Flowers numerous, 

 small and white, 3-10 ligulate revolute female Jiorets in the ray, and 7-8 

 tubular male in the disk. 



SoNCHus oleraceus and l(Tvis. Common sow-thistles. 

 E. Sp \RTivM jimceum. Willd. 3. 926. Broom. 

 I. Spilanthes tetrandra. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, serrate, convex, 

 reticulate underneath. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1, rarely 2-flowered 

 bracted : florets tetrandrous. 



Indigenous on the mountains, where it grows to be 4-5 feet high. 



E. Spinacja oleracea. Willd. 4. 766. Common Spinage. 



E. Spir^a corymbosa. R. A pretty China shrub, already described by 



Dr. Roxburgh. 

 E. SwiETENiA 3Iahogoni. Willd. 2. 557. Mahogany tree introduced ftom 



the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. , . 



£. -febrifuga. R. East India Fever-bark^ ts^g. 



E. Syringa vidgaris. Willd. 1. Commoir^ilac. .:' \' 



E. Tagetes pattda and erecta. Willd. 3.2126. French and African 



Marygold. 

 E Tamarindus indica. Willd. 3. 577. Tamarind-tree. 

 E. Taxus elongata. Willd. 4. 857. Cape of Good Hope Yetc. 



E. chinensis. R. China Yew. 



E. Tectona grandis. Willd. 1. 1088. Teak-tree. 



E. Terminalia Catappa. Willd. 4. 967. An elegant and useful laroe 



tree. 

 E. Tetranthera macrophylla. R. Brought from Bengal by Dr. Roxburo-h 



being the food of the Mogadooty silk-ivorm. 

 E. Thea. Tea. Saw one or two stunted plants in the Governor's garden. 



