BOTANY OF THE LACOADIVES, being NATURAL 



HISTORY NOTES FROM H M. I. M. SURVEY 



STEAMER "INVESTIGATOR," Commander 



R. F. HOSKYN, R.N., COMMANDING. 



Series IL, No. 5. By D. Peain. 



(Oontinued from page 295). 



PHANEROGAMIA. 



ThalamifloraB. 



Anonace^. 



1. Anona muricata Linn., Sp. PI. 536; Watt, Diet., i., 258. 

 The Sour Sop. 



Minikoi ; only one tree, Fleming. 



Native of America, cultivated in most tropical countries, though 

 rarely in India, except in the Madras Presidency, and even there 

 sparingly. 



Oapparide^. 



2. Cleome viscosa Linn., Sp. PI. 672; Roxb., Fl, Ind., iii., 

 128; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 170. 



Ameni; Hume! Anderut; Alcock! Akati; Fleming! Kiltan 

 Fleming ! 



A weed of cultivation almost cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



BlXINEiE. 



3. BiXA Orellana Linn., Sp. PI. 512 ; Roxb., Fl. Ind., ii., 581 ; 

 Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 190; Watt, Diet., i., 454. The Anatto ; 

 vernac. "Potang." 



Ameni; cultivated for its dye, ''several hundredweights of the 

 fruit are exported yearly to Malabar,^' Rohinson. 



Native of America, generally cultivated throughout the tropics. 



4. Flacourtia sepiaria Roxb., Corom. PI. i., 48, t. 68; Fl. 

 Ind., iii., 835 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 194. 



Kadamum ; very common, Fleming ! 



Throughout Bengal, Peninsular India and Ceylon, in dry jungles ; 

 also in Java. 



