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DOMBEYA ANGULATA. A shrub; leaves cordate, acuminate 

 and serrate ; old ones three or five angled ; flowers in corymbs, 

 of a pretty rose-colour. 



DOMBEYA TOMENTOSA. A small tree wifch rose-coloured flowers, 

 but smaller than the above two species. 



DRACOCEPHALUM. D. Moldavicum. An unpretending annual, 

 bears small blue and white flowers. To be at all effective the 

 plants must be grown crowded in patches. Sow in October. 



DURANTA ELLISIA. Verbenacece. This is a beautiful large 

 shrub with light blue pendulous flowers, it blossoms almost 

 throughout the year, readily grown from cuttings, the flowers 

 are scentless, 



DURANTA PLUMIEBI. This is a large shrub like the former, 

 with handsome drooping blue flowers having the scent of 

 almonds, the clusters of seed berries which are numerous ; when 

 ripe have a very pretty appearance from their dark orange 

 colour, they do not appear to germinate readily. 



DURIO ZIBETHINUS. BombacecB. This is a large tree, the 

 Durian of the Malays, and is found mostly in the islands of the 

 Indian Archipelago ; the fruit has a very strong foetid scent, 

 and in consequence is not at first relished by Europeans; the 

 seed of this fruit, like that of the Jack is the part eaten. 

 The tree has lately been introduced into the Company's Gardens 

 on the Madras side. 



EARTH NUT. Vide Arachis Hypogea. 



ECHITES ACUMINATA. Apocynaceoe. A climbing shrub with 

 white flowers and habit as the last. 



ECHITES PANIC ULATA. Apocynacece. A climbing shrub with 

 large yellow showy flowers. 



EL2EOCARPUS OBLONGUs. Elceoccirpacece. NAT. KASSOW. This 

 is a handsome tree, flowers in May, petals beautifully fringed, 

 the foliage is frequently tinged with red giving an autumnal ap- 

 pearance to the tree. 



ELJIOCARPUS GANITRUS. NAT. ROODRAKYA. This tree is a 

 native of Java, the seeds are about the size of common marbles, 



