118 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



Several plantations have been formed on the Island, both 

 on the inland plains, and on those near the sea, which have 

 been cleared of mangroves and from the saltness of the soil are 

 unfit for pepper. In the first of these situations, the trees are 

 usually planted at the distance of four fathoms, or one hundred 

 in an Oorlong ; in the latter five fathoms, or sixty four. The 

 price of planting by contract, which is the usual mode, is 350 

 dollars per thousand, for which they are to be taken care of 

 for three years, or till the stems are, according to the Malay 

 term, of the circumference of an elephant's head. The plants 

 are furnished by the proprietor. 



The trees are reckoned to produce 100 nuts each, and the 

 net value of the crop, after deducting one third for charges of 

 management &c, is estimated at one Spanish dollar each tree. 



ARECA, Schreb. 1696. 



Areca catechu, Gmel. 2, 649. Eoxb. Corom. 1, No. 75. 

 Pinang. Mai. 



Of this extensive plantations have been formed. It thrives 

 well in all situations, on the sides of hills nearly as much as 

 on the plain ; and the cultivation of it is attended with little 

 trouble. They are planted at the distance of six feet, or 1600 

 in an Oorlong. The price by contract is 350 dollars for 10,000, 

 the contractor taking care of them for three years, in which 

 time the trees are three cubits high. The net produce of 1,000 

 trees, deducting as before, is estimated at 132 dollars yearly. 

 In seven years they are reckoned to be in full bearing. 



MONADELPHIA. 

 ElClNUS, Schreb. 1464. 



Bicinus communis, Gmel. 2, 1074. I have only seen a few 

 plants in gardens. 



Aleurites, Schreb. 1472. 



AUurites triloba, Gmel. 2, 1035. Forst. Char. gen. p. 56, t. 

 56, Goertn. cent. 8, t. 125, f. 2. Camirium Eumph. 2, 



Jour. Straits Branch 



