BOTANY. 
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552. A. sp. ?— Silk-Cotton Plant; grows wild; common over 
some parts of the semi-barren outskirts. C. Alt. "2 to 3 '8. 
Gomphocarpus, R. Br. 
553. G. frutieosus, H. K. — Tall white Asclepias; grows to a 
height of five feet, is wild and very common on the low land. Alt. 
2 ’4, at Southens, Rock Cottage, &c. Yields a large quantity of silky 
fibre from the seed-pods, but no use is made of it. The Butteifly 
Danais chrysippus frequents this plant, and thickly covers it with 
its beautiful black-and-yellow caterpillars and green-and-gold chiy- 
salides. Bot. Mag. 1628. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
Hoya, R. Br. 
554. H. carnosa, R. Br. — Wax plant; grows well. Alt. 3'8. 
Cultivated in gardens, and rather rare. Bot. Mag. /S8. Hab. 
China. 
82. Jasminace/E ( Jessamine Family). 
Jasminum, Linn. 
555. J. odoratissimum, Linn. — Yellow Jasmine; grows uncul- 
tivated in shrubberies. Alt. 3‘8. Rather rare. Bot. Mag. 285. 
Hab. Madeira. 
556. J. officinale, Linn. — White Jasmine ; grows uncultivated 
and is rather common in gardens at alt. 3" 5 to 4. Seeds, but is 
chiefly propagated by cuttings. Bot. Mag. 31. Hab. Malabar. 
557. J. revolutum, Sims. — Large Yellow Jasmine; unculti- 
vated ; very rare in gardens at high alts. Hab. L. Indies. 
83. Oeeace/E ( Olive Family). 
Fraxinus, Linn. 
558. F. chinensis, Roxb.— Mentioned by Roxburgh as growing 
in the Island. — Hab. China. 
559. F. floribunda, Wall.— The Ash ; grows to a small shrubby 
tree, about ten feet high ; uncultivated ; rather common at Oak- 
bank, Mount Pleasant, &c. Alt. 4 to 5. Hab. Last Indies. 
Olea, Linn. 
560. 0. laurifolia, Lamk— Purple-fruited Olive; one plant, a 
