1890.] D. Prain — The non-indifjrnuiis .species of the Andaman Flora. 245 



Names of Species. 



Remarks. 



Melaleuca Lencadendron Linn. 



Engenia Jambos Linn. 



*Daacus Carota Linn. 

 145 Ixora coccinea Linn. 



^'Coffea arabica Linn. 



Carissa Carandas Linn. 



Ipomoea coccinea Linn. 



Solanuoi tuberosum Linn. 

 150 Physalis peruviana Linn. 



Torenia, sp. 



Thunbergia alata Boj. 



T. erecta T. And. 

 Dtedalacanthus salaccensis 

 T. A7id. 

 155 Tectona grandis Linn. f. 



Bougainvillea glabra Choisy. 

 Deeringia celosioides Br. 

 Cinnamomum zeylanicum, 



Byei/n. 

 Euphorbia antiqnorura Linn. 



160 Ficus bengalensis Linn. 

 F. Rumphii Blume. 



F. religiosa Linn. 



Ravenala madagascariensis 



Adans. 

 Agave vivipara Linn. 

 165 Dioscorea sativa Linn. 



Colocasia antiquorum Schott. 



Bambusa Brandisii Munro. 

 Dendrocalamus strict as Nees. 

 169 Cephalostachyura pergracile 

 Munro. 



Planted. 



Cultivated. 



Cultivated. 



Veiy common in gardens of Europeans. 



Cultivated. 



Cultivated, not very successfully. 



In gardens, but also a frequent escape. 



The potato does very poorly. 



Cultivated. 



Cultivated, but also often appearing spon- 

 taneously. 



Cultivated, but also appearing as an escape, e. g., 

 at ISTamuna ghat. (K.) 



Planted as a hedge on Mt. Harriet, 



Frequent in gardens. 



The teak-plantations under the care of the 

 Forest Department are doing exceedingly well.* 

 In gardens of Europeans. 



In gardens, but also appearing subspontaneously. 

 Cultivated and doing very well. (K). 



Grown as a hedge-plant. 



Planted. 



Largely planted on roadsides at Aberdeen un- 

 der the impression that it was the Pi'pal 

 (F. religiosa). 



A few trees only. 



Planted. 



Very common in gardens of Europeans. 

 Cultivated. 



Cultivated but also appearing spontaneously in 

 marshy spots around Abex'deen. 



I ( These Bamboos have been planted somewhat 

 i \ extensively throughout the Settlement. 



These intentionally introdaced species belong to three distinct 

 classes : — 



1. Snch as p-ohahly never could become naturalized — truly exotic 

 species, such as temperate vegetables and garden flowers and plants 



The name Rain-tree is derived from a phenomenon of condensation or exuda - 

 tion (both explanations have been offered) said to he exhibited hy the tree in America ; 

 in India nothing of the sort occurs. 



* It should be noted also that the Forest Department is actively engaged in 

 propagating Padouh, a very valuable indigenous timber tree (Fterocarpus indicus 

 Willd.) and that the Andamanese Pyenmah, another good timber tree (Lagerstrcemia 

 hypoleuca Kurz) is extensively planted. 



