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BOOK V. 
nica ; Acer japonicum, septemlobatum, palmatum, etc. ; Camellia 
japonica and Sasanqua. 
Cultivated plants : Oryza sativa, Triticum vulgare, Hordeum 
vulgare, Avena sativa, Sorghum vulgare, Eleusine coracana, 
Polygonum Fagopyrum, Cycas revoluta (Sago), Caladium escu- 
lentum. Convolvulus edulis. 
Pyrus Malus, communis, baccata, spectabilis ; Cydonia vulgaris, 
Prunus domestica, Cerasus vulgaris ; Armeniaca vulgaris, Persica 
vulgaris, Mespilus japonica ; Citrus japonica, decumana, Auran- 
tium, nobilis, marginata, etc.; Cucumis Melo, Thea chinensis; 
Brassica Rapa, orientalis ; Raphanus sativus ; Cucumis sativus 
Conomon; Cucurbita Pepo, Citrullus ; Pimpinella Anisum, Illicium 
anisatum. Soya hispida ; Phaseolus vulgaris, radiatus ; Pisum 
sativum, Faba vulgaris, Solanum aethiopicum, Sesamum orien- 
tale, Cannabis sativa, Broussonetia papyrifera, Gossypium her- 
baceum. 
VII. Kingdom of Scitamineje. 
(Indian Kingdom — Roxburgh's Kingdom.) 
Both the Indian peninsulas to a height of 4 — 5000 feet in Cey- 
lon. Mean Temperature, 65-1 5"" to 81-5°. 
Character. — Tropical orders appear or become more numerous. 
Palmae, Cycadeae, Scitamineae, Aroideae, Artocarpeae, Urticeae, 
Euphorbiaceae, Laurineae, Convolvulaceae, Bignoniacese, Apocyneae, 
Rubiaceae, Leguminosae, Terebinthaceae, Meliaceae, Guttiferae, 
Sapindaceae, Buttneriaceae, Malvaceae. 
The following disappear or appearbut sparingly, as Cariceae, 
Coniferae, Amentaceae, Labiatae, Boragineae, Synanthereae, Rosaceae, 
Caryophylleae, Cistineae, Cruciferae, Ranunculaceae. 
Uvaria, Grewia, Eriolaena, Garcinia, Buchanania, Crotalaria, Fle- 
mingia, Butea, Carpopogon, Jambosa, Gratiola, Tectona, Holms- 
kioldia, Ficus, Phytocrene, Calamus. 
Trees do not lose their leaves. The number of tree-like shrubs 
is more considerable, than beyond the tropic. Large magnificent 
flowers. Many climbing and parasitical plants. 
Predominating tree-like plants : Dillenia ornata, scabrella; 
Uvaria sp., Michelia Campaca etc., Bombax insignis etc., Ster- 
culia sp., Astrapaea Wallichii, Elaeocarpus sp., Calophyllum sp., 
Garcinia sp., Sapindus sp., Swietenia febrifuga, Cissus sp., Aqui- 
laria mallaccensis, Semecarpus Anacardium, Melanorrhcea usitata, 
Mimosa sp., Acacia sp., Amherstia nobiHs, Pterocarpus santalinum, 
