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XXL— MELIACEiE, DC. Prod. 1, p 619. 



MELIA, Decandria Monogynia. The only one of this ex 

 tensive Indian family which can be called an exotic is — 



1. M Sempeevirens. — Native of Persia (?), and generally 

 called Persian Lilac, This specie is erroneously named M 

 azedarach in the 1st edition of this Catalogue. St. Vincent, West 

 Indies, Cuba, Lind. The tree looks always scraggy, as if the 

 climate did not suit it. 



XXII.— AMPELIDEiE, DC. Prod. 1, p 627. 



1. ViTis ViNiFERA, W. and A. p 429, Pentandria Monogynia. — 

 The Vine, originally a native of Persia, has now spread to most 

 parts of Europe, and is successfully cultivated in numerous places 

 in India; grows luxuriantly above the Ghauts. In the Berar 

 and Aurungabad Soobas the long black and the green Fakeera are 

 the most excellent kinds ; the former is also cultivated largely 

 at Ahmednuggur, Poona, and Seroor. The common Grape sells 

 in the eastern bazars, near Aurungabad, at about 32 lbs. per 

 rupee, and they are largely exported to the Coast. The varieties 

 (cultivated) of the Vine in India are too numerous to be inserted 

 here. A vineyard in India requires a vast amount of manual 

 labour in removing vermin, &c. The plant does not love the air of 

 the lower country ; the Grapes produced there have often an 

 acid quality, which renders them dangerous. 



XXIIL— GERANIACEiE, DC. Prod. 1, p 637. 



PELARGONIUM, Monadelphia Heptandria.— Of Geraniums 

 the variety in gardens is too great for a list of them to be ven- 

 tured on here. The chief of them are — 



1 . P Capitatum. — The rose-scented Pelargonium, DC. Prod. 

 I, 97'4 ; a native of the Cape. 



2. P Inquinans, DC. Prod, p 659. — The rose-coloured Gera- 

 nium, also from the Cape. The Lemon-scented and Oak-leaved 

 Geranium, also choice species, not uncommon in gardens. 



TROPiEOLUM, Octandria Monogynia. 



3. T Majus, Linn. sp. 490. — Large-leaved Indian Cress ; 

 common in gardens, and conspicuous by its large red flowers, 

 streaked with yellow. 



4. T Pentaphyllum, Lam. Diet. 1, p 605; Illust. t. 111.— 

 Canary Creeper ; scandent, with deeply divided leaves, and delicate 

 yellow flowers ; in gardens ; rare, 



