INDEX, 



Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. VII. 



A 



Abrus precatoriiis Linn., 301. 



Acacia intsia Willd., 300. 



Adi or Aji Saka, legendary leader of Indian colo- 

 nists in A.D. 75, 213. 



Adiantum candatiim Linn., 290. 



Adirampatnam boats, 164-6. 



Aerua lanata A. Juss., 296. 



Aganosma caryophyllata (Wall.) G. Don., 309. 



Agatharchides, a Greek historian, on Sabaea and 

 Indian trade, 198-9, 208. 



Ahambadiar caste (fishermen), head measure- 

 ments of, 246. 



Albizzia odoralissima Benth., 299. 



Allophylhis Cobbe Bl. var. glabra, 305. 



Alphonsea sp. ? nov., 298. 



Alternanthera sessilis Br., 296. 



Ancient sea-trade with India, 191-206. 



Andaman Islands boat types, 183-4. 



Andhra sea-going ships, 221. 



Annandale, N. Fauna of an island in the Chilka 

 Lake, 257-87. 



Anona squamosa Linn., 298. 



Arab influence in boat and ship design along the 

 North-West Coast of India, 140-1. 

 ,, naval expeditious to India, 200. 

 ,, vessels at Ormuz, 217. 



Area granosa L,., 268. 



Asparagus racemosus Willd., 293. 



Atalantia monophylla Correa., 302. 



Azadirachta indica A. Juss., 302. 



Azima tetracantha Lamk., 309. 



B 



Baberu-Iataka, on voyages by Indian merchants 



to Babylon, 207-8. 

 Backwater boats on the east coast of India, 



177-8. 

 Baggala, a kind of boat, 142. 

 Ballams or valiants, fishing boats of the Tinnevelly 



coast, 155-6. 

 Barakis, vii-ix (No. i). 

 Bargista see Ormuri. 



Barkuda Island, fauna of, 257-87 ; list of plants 

 of, 289-319 ; palaeontology of, 264-74 ; physio- 

 graphy of, 259-64; vegetation of, 274-87. 



Barringtonia aciitangiila Gaertn., 307. 



Batel, a kind of primitive vessel, 142-3. 



Battela, a cargo vessel of the Bombay coast, 

 145-6. 



Bengali words, peculiar, vocabulary of, 321-436. 



Blitmea sp., 315. 



Boat designs in the extreme south of India and 

 in Ceylon, 218-9. 

 ,, types now existing in India, 139-90. 



Boerhavia diffusa Linn., 296. 



Bombay coast boat designs, 144-6. 



Bonito-fishing boats, Minicoy Island, 180-1. 



Bonnaya brachiata Link and Otto., 314. 



Boom or dhangi, a form of boat, 143. 



Boro Budur ships, 219-20, 255. 



Biilbostylis barbata Kunth., 292. 



,, barbata Kunth. var. pulchella Thw., 293. 



Burma river boat crafts, 190. 



Calotropis Ada Ham., 310. 

 »> gigantea Br., 309. 



Canavalia ensiformis DC, 301. 



,, virosa Prain, 301. 



Canthiiim parvifiorum Lamk., 315. 

 Cape Comorin and the Tinnevelly coast boat 



catamaran, 153-5. 

 Capparis brevispina DC, 298. 

 ,, Roxbtirghii DC, 298. 

 ,, sepiaria Linn., 299. 

 Carallnma adscendens R. Br., 310. 

 Carter, H. G. see Narayanaswami, V., and H. G. 



Carter. 

 Cassytha filiformis Linn., 298. 

 Cayratia carnosa Gagnepain, 306. 

 Cerens sp., 307. 



Ceylon and Bengal, trade between, 211. 

 ,, outrigger canoes, 158-9. 

 ,, padagit from Valaveddithurai, dimensions 

 of, 180. 



