OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 699 



Spondias acuminata of Tropical Hindustan. A species of hog-plum, a middle-sized elegant tree 

 called in the environs of Bombay " ambut " or " ambada " (Graham), in Bengal " amra " or " amla," 

 in Sanscrit " amrataca " or "pitana" or " capitana " (W. Jones) ; and the " amrata " or "pitana" or 

 "kapitana"of Susrutas, — may be compared: S. acuminata is perhaps the tree bearing fruit of the 

 size of a large Damask prune seen by Ebn Batuta 9 in Hindustan; was observed by Graham "on 

 the hills near Kennery caves, not common," its fruit "about the size of a chicken's egg;" by Rox- 

 burgh, in Eastern Hindustan. 



Sesbania grand/flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Called in Sanscrit "agastia" or "buka" or 

 "vuka," in the Taleef Shereef "agust" or " agusti," in Bengalee "augusta" or " buko," in Hindus- 

 tanee "agast," in Tamil " agathi " or " agati " (J. F. Wats.), in Telinga "anisay" (Drur.) or "tella- 

 avisi " (Ell.), in Burmah " pouk-ban " (Mason), in Tagalo " caturai " (Blanco) ; in which we recog- 

 ' nize the " agasti " or "vaka" of Susrutas sutr. 46 : — S. grandifiora was observed by Rheede i. pi. 51 

 in Malabar ; by Graham, in the environs of Bombay, "generally found" about temples and villages, 

 cultivated for " its large flowers and pods, both of which are eaten by the natives ; " by Roxburgh, 

 and Wight, in gardens as far as Travancore and Bengal, employed medicinally by the natives (Drur.) ; 

 by Mason, "exotic" in Burmah, "seen in perhaps every town and village," its pods "a favourite 

 vegetable with the natives ; " by Blanco, on the Phillippines, cultivated by the natives and its flowers 

 cooked and eaten ; is described by Rumphius i. pi. 77 ; was observed by myself under cultivation in 

 Hindustan and throughout the Malayan archipelago, indigenous only on the Hawaiian Islands, where 

 I found it usually trailing, but sometimes a small tree like the cultivated form. By Polynesian colo- 

 nists, was carried to the Society and " Botanices " Islands (Pers.); and by European colonists has 

 been carried back to the Hawaiian Islands, observed by myself in the gardens of residents. West- 

 ward from Hindustan, the " dolichos arboreus " or " seseban " seen by Forskal p. 134 under cultiva- 

 tion in Yemen, is referred here by Steudel. 



Mucuna prurita of Tropical Eastern Asia. The cowitch is an annual twining bean-like plant 

 called in Sanscrit " atmagupta " or "alkushee," in Bengalee "alkushee," in Tamil "poonaykali " or 

 "peelia-dooghoo-kaila," in Telinga " peeliadagoo-kaila," in Hindustanee " kiwach " (J. F. Wats.), in 

 Burmah " khwae-lae " (Mason), in Tagalo " lipai " or "buquitquit" (Blanco) ; in which we recognize 

 the " atmagupta " of Susrutas sutr. 36 to chik. 26 : — M. prurita was observed by Rheede viii. pi. 35 

 in Malabar ; by Graham, in the environs of Bombay, " one of the commonest plants in hedges and 

 jungly tracts during the rains," the "pod shape of the letter S, clothed with stinging hairs;" by Rox- 

 burgh, Ainslie, and Wight, as far as Bengal and Dheyra Dhoon, employed medicinally by the natives, 

 sometimes as a mechanical anthelmintic (Drur.) ; by Mason v. 490, in Burmah, " very common in 

 the Karen jungles from Mergui to Toungo ; " by Blanco, on the Philippines. 



Adenanlhera pavonina of Tropical Eastern Asia. A Leguminous tree called in Sanscrit 

 "kambhoji," in Bengalee "ranjuna," in Hindustanee "ranjana" (J.F.Wats.), in Telinga "bandi 

 gooroovinza," in Tamil " anai-kundamunie " (Drur.), in Burmah "rws-gyee" (Mason) ; in which we 

 recognize the "kamboji" prescribed by Susrutas chik. 19 to 25, — and the "rochana " pigment of 

 Kalidasa ragh. xvii. 24 : A. pavonina was observed by Rheede vi. pi. 44 in Malabar; by Gibson, and 

 Graham, in gardens around Bombay, but said to grow " wild in some parts of Guzerat and Kandesh," 

 its scarlet seeds " used as weights " and "worn by women as beads," its wood yielding a dye used by 

 " Bramins for marking their foreheads runjuna ; '' was observed by Roxburgh, Ainslie, and Wight, as 

 far as Travancore and Bengal, the inner wood of the larger trees of a deep red colour (Drur.) ; by 

 Mason v. 511 to 522, indigenous in Burmah, its wood hard and valuable, and its seeds "in common 

 use by the Burmese " for weights. 



Jambosa vulgaris of Tropical Eastern Asia. The rose apple has Arabic and Persian names 

 (A. Dec), is called in Sanscrit "jambu," in Tamil " jambu-nawel-marum" (J. F. Wats.), in the envi- 

 rons of Bombay "jamblee" or "gulab jamb" (Graham), in Hindustanee "gulab jamun" (Drur.) ; in 

 Tagalo "yambo" or "macupa" (Blanco) ; in which we recognize the "jambu" of Susrutas sutr. 16 

 and nid. 14 to chik. 18, — having according to Kalidasa vicram. 4 shady branches and luscious roseate 

 fruit: J. vulgaris was observed by Rheede i. pi. 17 in Malabar; by Graham, "commonly cultivated" 

 around Bombay; by Roxburgh, Wight, and Ouseley, as far as Bengal; and by Moon, on Ceylon. 

 Farther East, a " kind of apple very similar to a pomegranate full of juice and sweet " was seen in the 

 country around Ava by Nicolo Conti, but as known to Mason v. 450, J. vulgaris is enumerated as 

 "exotic" in Burmah and not cultivated by the natives; was observed by Wallich on Penang; by 

 Blume, under cultivation on Java; by Loureiro, in Anam and the adjoining countries ; by Navarrete 

 in 1653, the "xambos of Malacca having the taste and smell of a fragrant rose " at Manila, by Blanco 

 also on the Philippines, a tree nine to twelve feet high. Westward, was observed by myself under 

 cultivation on Zanzibar. By European colonists, was carried to the Mauritius Islands (Boj.) ; to the 

 West Indies (Descourtilz), to Brazil, observed there by myself ; and to the opposite African coast 

 (Hook. p. 359). 



