OCT.— -DEC. 1856.] 
of the Madras Beach. 
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colour: leaves when full-grown coriaceous and nearly glabrous, 
spikes terminal, long, at first compact, but becoming interrupted 
as the plant increases in length : fascicles of flowers capitate, dense- 
ly tomentose : bristles when full-grown not simple, but compound, 
or as it were pinnate, pale brown, attaching themselves to the 
clothes of passengers, cling to them with tenacity. 
7. Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. (Kaldera bush.) A large 
spreading ramous shrub, which fringes the coast in many places, 
and is often planted in belts, but taltes up much room, forms dense 
thickets, and harbours venomous reptiles. The lands in which Chay 
Root is cultivated are often protected from drift sand by means of 
this shrub. It is a vert/ strong hinder, but is objectionable from its 
raising sand-hills, which near the Marine Villa interrupted the 
currents of sea breeze to the island. 
8. Ehretia arenaria, Griffith, which is found between 12° and 
280 I,, (^^ide " Notulae ad plantas Asiaticas," Part IV, page 212) 
appears to be widely distributed, and binds together the loose 
sand, although in a minor degree. Is this the same as Ehretia (X) 
cuneata ? Wight Icon. Vol. IV. t. 1385 which grows on sand banks 
in the beds of all our rivers. 
The above are the sand-binding plants most frequently noticed 
along the Coromandel beach. There are others as Pedalium murex, 
Ipomcea pes tigridis and Sesamvtn prostratum, &c., which co-ope- 
rate in the work of conservation to a minor extent, but are less 
widely diffused along the coast. In this notice, I have only in- 
cluded those which seem obviously preferable for the purpose spe- 
cified, by peculiarity of structure or rapidity of growth. 
List of Sand-binding Plants, 
1 . Spinifex squarrosus Spinifex Ravanan mise. 
2. Ipomcea pes caprce Goat's foot Ipomcea. . .Mosul taylie. 
3. Canavalia ohtusifolia Round leaved C«?iflt;a^ja.K6yli avaree. 
4. Hi/drophglax maritima.. . .Seaside Hijdrophylax. 
5. Microrhgnehussarmeiitosus.Cveeping Microrhyncus. 
6. Pupaliaorhiculata Round leaved Pi/^a^m.Adai yotti. 
7. Pandanus odoratissimus. . .Kaldera bush Taylie marum. 
8. Ehretia arenaria Sand Ehretia 
