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Names of Species. 



Remarks. 



Condition in 1866 (Kurz). 



Condition in 1889-90. 



115 *AUium sativum Linn 

 *A. Cepa Linn. 

 Areca Catechu Linn. 



Cocos nucifera Linn. 



' Cultivated in gardens.' 



[Cultivated in gardens]. 



' Cultivated, especially at 

 Aberdeen.' 



' Only on the Cocos islands 

 indigenous. Now every- 

 where cultivated and 

 sown along the shores.' 



Panicum jumentorum 



Vers. 

 Coix Lachryma Linn. 



120 Zea Mays Linn. 



Oryzas ativa Linn. 



'■ Cultivated at Ross Island 



and Aberdeen.' 

 ' Cultivated in gardens.' 



' Cultivated in gardens and 

 sometimes as wild.' 



' Only in small quantities ; 

 cultivated.' 



Saccharum officina- 

 rum Linn. 

 123 Cynodon Dactylon 

 Fers. 



Cultivated by convicts.' 



: The favourite grass here ; 

 everywhere sown and 

 now occurring wild on 

 the cleared lands.' 



Extensively cultivated. 



Very extensively planted 

 throughout the Settle- 

 ment, many thousands of 

 trees of excellent quality 

 having been planted in 

 the ground reclaimed 

 from mangrove swamps. 

 The quality of the cocoa- 

 nut produced by the trees 

 on Great Coco Island is 

 comparatively poor. The 

 question of distribution of 

 this species is hoped to 

 be discussed in a future 

 note. 



Now in ditches as if wild 

 at Aberdeen and Haddo. 



Cultivated largely; not 

 seen anywhere as if spon- 

 taneous. 



Now a staple crop ; along 

 with maize in new forest 

 clearings, then rather un- 

 successfully, especially 

 during the first season, on 

 account of an insect-pest ; 

 also very largely cultiva- 

 ted in the reclaimed man- 

 grove-swamp land, there 

 producing heavy crops 

 of excellent quality. 



Very common everywhere, 

 and still the favourite 

 grass. 



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