BOTANY OF THE LACCADJVES. 463 



15. GossYPiUM HERBACEUM Liiin., Sp. PL 693; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 

 iii., 184 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 346 ; Watt, Diet., iv., 26.' 

 Imlian Cotton. 



Anderut; cultivated, Wood. Minikoi ; cultivated, Fleming. 

 Cultivated throughout India, yielding the Indian cottons; native 

 of Old World. 



16. GossYPiUM BARBADENSE Linu.^ Sp. PI. 693 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., 

 iii., 187; Hook., f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 347; Watt, Diet., iv., 15. 

 Bnrhadoes Cotton. 



Anderut ; cultivated, Wood. Minikoi ; occurs pretty frequentl}' 

 and grows well, Fleming ! 



Cultivated throughout India, yielding the American cottons ; 

 native of New World. 



TiLIACEiE. 



1 7. Corchorus acutangulus Lamk., Encycl. Meth., ii., 104 ; 

 Hook, f., Plor. Brit. Ind., i., 398. C.fuscus, Roxb., Fl. lad., ii., 582. 



Kadamum ; PZe)Hi»gr / Aksbii ; Fleming ! Minikoi; Fleming! 

 A weed of cultivation, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



Disciflorae. 



RUTACE^. 



18. Triphasia trifoliata DC, Prodr., i., 536; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind., i., 507. 



Minikoi ; Fhming ! Not found in gardens, but perhaps originally 

 introduced. 



Common in gardens, and as an escape, in many tropical countries ; 

 the native country doubtful. The writer has collected this, with 

 all the appearance of being indigenous, in Car Nicobar. It has not, 

 however, been obtained in any locality where the evidence that it is 

 indigenous is unequivocal. 



19. MuRRAYA KoENiGii Spreng., Syst. Veg., ii., 315; Hook, f., 

 Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 503; Watt, Diet., v., 288. Bergera Koenigii 

 Linn., Mantiss., ii., App. 563; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 375. 



Minikoi ; carefully cultivated, Fleming ! 



20. Citrus medica Linn. : Brandis, For. Flora, 52. 



VAR. aciV/a Brandis : Hook, f., Flor. Brit, Ind., i., 515; 

 Watt, Diet., ii., 355. C. acidot Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 

 390. The Sour Lime of India, 



