Xll 



Dioscorea, varieties of - . 221 

 Diospyros discolor 157 



Ebenum 564 



Embryopteris - 452, 554 

 - Kaki 195 



melanoxylon 564 



quaesita 563 

 Dipladenia 332 

 Diplothemium - 355 

 Dipterocarpus - 541 

 Dipteryx 573 

 Dischidia 581 

 Diseases of plants - 628 636 

 Divi-divi. Caesalpinia cor i aria 

 Divi-kaduru, Tabernainoutana 



dichotoma 



Diwol 162 



Diya-labu 214 



Diya-bambara, see Cucumis 

 Dodan, see Orange 

 Dolichos for green manure 38 



as a vegetable 208 

 , varieties of - 208 

 Dombeya Mastersii 318 

 natalensis - 319 

 Doob-, or doub-grass - 115,588 

 Dooka or Duku, see Lansiinn 

 Domba, Calophyllum Iiiopliyllnni 

 Doona 559 

 Dorstenia 385 

 Doryanthes 406 

 Doum-palm 360 

 Dove-orchid, Dendrobium 



cnuneuatnni 



Down-tree, Ochroma lagopus 

 Dracaena - 385, 435 



Dracontium - - 349, 385 



Drainage 49 



Drains and culverts 102 



Drawing-room plants - 126 



Dregia 599 



Drimiopsis 349 



Drimys 282 



Drosera 581 



Drosophyllum - 581 



Drugs 532 



Drumsticks 230 



Dry-farming - 49 



Drymophlaeus - - 355 



Dryobalanops - 508 



Dry region, plants suited for 440 



rot disease - 633 



Duabanga 307 



Duku, see Lansium 168 



Dumasia 408 



Dumb-cane, Dieffenbachia 

 Duranta Ellisii - 402 



Duranta Plumieri 118, 119, 319 



Durian - 158, 307 

 , wild, Ciillenia excel sa 



Durio - 158, 307 



Duroia 582 



Dyckia 354 



Dye-plants 560 



Dyera 495 



Dypsis 355 



Ebony, Diospyros Ebciintn 

 Ebony, hastard, Diospyros Gardner! 

 , Indian, D. Melanoxylon 

 , amaica, Brya Ebenus 

 , Malabar. Diospyros Melanoxylon 

 , Mountain, Banliinia triandra 

 Ecbolium 319 



Ecdysanthera - 495 



Echeveria - 120,406 



Echinocactus - 354 



Echinopsis 354 



Echites 340 



Eclipta 596 



Economic products, Miscellaneous 



526 



Eddoes (Colocasia) 226 



Edging plants - 120 



Edible herbs - 598 



Eel worms - 125, 615 



Egyptian Clover, see Berseeni 

 Egg-plant 231 



Eh-ela, Cassia Fistula 

 Ehretia buxifolia 118 



Eichhornea - 351,610 



Elzeis 355, 538, 540 



Eloeocarpus edulis 160 



Ganitrus - 576 



glandulifera - - 396, 400 



serratus - 160,575 

 Elatostema 385 

 Elephants, destructive - 603 

 Elephantopus - - 115,609 

 Elephant-apple - 162 



ear, Argyreia speciosa 



, Actinodaphne speciosa 



creeper, Entada scaudens 



foot, Elepliantopns scaber 



grass, Saccharum arnudinaceum 

 Eleusine 652 

 Elevation, influence of on climate 1 



of towns etc. in Ceylon 5 

 Elk 601 

 Elk's horn fern, Platycerimn 



Elm, Indian - 440 



Embelia 596 



Embothrium coccinea, 



" Burning-bush " 



