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Catalogue of Plants 



[Jan. 



the natives, who call it plumus, and the wood of the tree is more used 

 than any other for making household furniture. The tree attains a 

 large size in Malabar; I have seen a single fruit larger than the largest 

 turnip at home. When growing on the stem of the tree it has some- 

 thing the appearance of a hedgehog stuck to it.— 25. Amaranthus tri- 

 color, tristis, oleraceus, varieties, 1 suspect ; bajee is the native name, 

 red, green, and variegated. They are extensively cultivated and eaten 

 like spinage. — 26. Arum campanulatum. Native name soorun. The 

 root somewhat resembles a pine-apple, but it is globular. It is used by 

 the natives instead of yams; I have tasted it; it is rather coarse.— 27. 

 Arum esculentum. Much cultivated by the natives who make use of the 

 tubers in their curries, &c. — 28. Arum polyphyllum. Very common, 

 springing up on waste land during the rains.— 29. Acalypha Indica.— 

 30. Areca catechu. A very graceful looking tree extensively cultivated 

 for the nuts (betel) which are chewed by the natives.— 31. Andropogon 

 schoenavthus. Sweet lemon grass, grown in flower-pots.— 32. A. Ischae- 

 mum.— 33. A. JVardus.— 34. Adiantum lunulatum. A fern covering old 

 walls during the rains.— 35. Avidcennia tomentosa. Very common in 

 salt marshes. I have seen it as large as a middle sized tree ; it adorns 

 the banks of creeks and rivers, growing in the water as well as out of 

 it.— 36. Acanthus ilicifolius. Sea holly. Looks pretty when in flower 

 (dark blue colour) ; grows common among the Avidcennia plants.— 37. 

 Artabotrys odoratissimus. I have only seen it in gardens ; it is a pretty 

 scandent evergreen plant, with very sweet smelling but insignificant 

 looking flowers, as all the Annonaceae have. Decandolle calls it Unona 

 ■uncinata. — 33. Aegiceras majus or candel. Found common in salt 

 marshes ; it has pretty dark green leaves with white flowers. — 39. 

 Argyreia cuneata Sprengel. A shrub with very beautiful bluebell 

 looking flowers. When near any support it is scandent and sends 

 out long slender branches. Roxburgh refers it to genus Lettso- 

 mia. I have only found it on a range of hills about twenty-four 

 miles west of Poona, near Wurgaum. It is grown as an ornamental 

 shrub in the gardens at Poona, but I have never met with it here. — 40. 

 Agave America. I have only seen it in gardens at Seroor and Aurun- 

 gabad. — 41. Agrostis linearis. A common grass. — 42. Anthericum tu- 

 berosum. Springs up during the rains on rocky waste land. — 43. Boer- 

 haavia diffusa. — 44. Beorhaavia erecta. Found about 30 miles N. E. 

 from Poona. Stems woody, as thick as a man's finger. — 45. Basella 

 alba and rubra. Varieties cultivated as root herbs ; the leaves are thick 

 and succulent, and afford an excellent substitute for cabbage. — 46. Bro- 

 melia ananas. Pine apple. — 47. Bambusa arundinacea. Common and 

 well known bamboo. — 48. Bryophyllum calycinum. Growing in cocoa- 

 nut groves ; rather pretty when in flower ; grown in flowerpots as an 

 ornamental plant. 



