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Mr. Kurz foand occurring spontaneously in 1866, was only seen culti- 

 vated in 1889 and 1890. 



B. Weeds or unintentionally introduced species. 

 III. Species unintentionally introduced prior to 1866. 





Remarks. 



Name of Species. 









Condition in 1866 (Kurz). 



Condition in 1889-90, 



Cleome viscosa Linn. 



' Cultivated lands, Ross 

 Island, introduced and 

 rare.' 



Still rare. 



Saponaria Vaccaria 



Linn. 



' Cultivated lands near Aber- 



Not seen in 1889 or 1890. 



deen, introduced and rare.' 





Portulaca oleracea 



' Cleared lands around Aber- 



Observed at Rangachang 



Linn. 



deen, Haddo, on Ross 



also, which is almost the 





Island, etc., introduced.' 



extreme limit of the Set- 

 tlement. 



Portulaca quadrifida 



* Cleared lands around Port 



Much more unusual than 



Linn. 



Blair, introduced.' 



the preceding. 



5 Sidacarpinifola Linu. 



' Cleared lands, Aberdeen, 



Yery common all over the 



Ross Island, etc., intro- 



Settlement. 





duced.' 





Oxalis corniculata 



' Cultivated lauds around 



Still exceedingly uncom- 



Linn. 



Port Blair, introduced 



mon ; not seen on Ross 





and rare. 



Island. 



Cardiospermum Hali- 



' Cleared lands around Aber- 





cacabum Linn. 



deen, common but intro- 

 duced.' 





Desmodium triflorum 



' Common in cleared lands 



Yery common on the drier 



DC. 



around Port Blair, intro- 



grassy slopes all over the 





duced.' 



Settlement. 



Cassia alata Linn. 



' Hopetown, as vi^ild, but 



Yery common near Hope- 





evidently introduced.' 



town, not seen elsewhere. 



10 Mimosa pudica Linn. 



' Cleared lands around Aber- 



Yery common throughout 





deen and Phoenix Bay, 



the whole extent of the 





rare, introduced.' 



Settlement. 



Bryophyllum calyci- 



' On Koss Island, in culti- 



Not seen in 1889 or 1890. 



num SaJish. 



vated lands, rare, and 

 evidently introduced.' 





Lndwigia prostrata 



' Prom Aberdeen to Haddo 



Common in the rice fields 



Boxh. 



on wet places, appears to 



reclaimed from mangrove 





be introduced v^itli rice.' 



swamps all over the Settle- 





The L. parvifiora of Mr. 



ment. 





Kurz's list. Both sp. are 







now common but Mr. Kurz 







only gathered this one. 





Mukia scabrella Am. 



' Aberdeen, cultivated lands, 



Not uncommon about the 





rare, introduced.' 



Settlement, 



Dentella repeng Forst. 



* Cultivated lands on Ross 

 Island, around Aberdeen, 

 etc., introduced. 





