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by eastern and north-eastern channels from Malaya, Indo-China or 
China. Of these, nearly one-half are Chinese and all of these are 
cold-weather crops, the rest from Indo-China or Malaya are crops 
of the rainy season. 
Of the crops about 70 consist of vegetables of various kinds, half 
of these being rains’ crops and half of them cold-weather ones. Of 
the remaining 50 crops, 12 are cereals, as many are pulses, 11 are 
fibre plants, 9 are oil-seed crops, the rest are food accessories, 
dyes, etc. Of the cereals three-fourths are rains’ crops ; of the 
pulses two-thirds are cold-weather crops ; the fibre plants are 
almost all crops of the rainy season. 
In considering the species that are not staple crops but that 
have nevertheless been purposely introduced or planted for various 
reasons we may most conveniently commence by considering those 
shrubs and trees that are natives of South-Eastern Asia or Poly- 
nesia. A very considerable number of these only occur as planted 
trees or shrubs— others, however, are frequently self-sown and still 
others are so thoroughly established that they may be looked on as 
naturalized in our area. These last in the following list are marked 
by an asterisk:—* Dillenia indica , Michelia Champaca , Artabotrys 
odoratissimus, Cananga odorata, Polyalthia longi folia, P. cerasoides 
and */\ suberosa , Calophyllum inophyllum , Garcinia Xanthochymus* 
Hibiscus mutabilis, E riodendron anfr actuosum, Sterculia alata , 
S. colorata and S. fcetida, Kleinhovia Hospita , Pterosperum acsri - 
folium , * Averrohoa Carambola and *A. Bilimbi, * Murray a exotica 
and M. Koenigiiy Citrus decumana and C. tnedica , Elseodendron 
glaucum , Zizyphus Jujuba , Sapindus trifoliatus and S. M ukorossi, 
Nephelium Longana , M angifera indica, Spondias dulcis , Moringa 
pterygosperma, Sesbania grandijlora , Cassia glauca and C. siamea , 
* Bauhinia acuminata , B. tomentosa , B. variegata and * B. pur- 
purea, * Saraca indica , Ceesalpinia pulcherrima , Parkia biglandu- 
losa , Albizzia Lebbek , A. procera and A. lucida , Rosa involucrata , 
Terminalia Catappa , Quisqualis indica , Eugenia malaccensis , E. 
ja'oanica , E. Jamb os, E. sequea , and E. Jambolana , Lager strcemia 
indica and L . Flos-Reginae , Panax fruticosum , * Anthocephalus 
Cadamba , lxora coccinea, * Canthium parvifoliuMy * Mimusops 
Elengiy Diospyros discolor , Jasminum auriculatum , Nyctanthes 
Arbor-tristis, * Carissa Carandas , Kopsia fruticosa , * A/stonia 
macrophylla , * T abernde montan a coronaria , Wrightia coccinea , 
V allans Pergulana , Beaumontia gv andiflora, Porana paniculata , 
Ipomcea Nil , Ipomoea Learn, Ipomcea pulchella , * Oroxylum 
indicum f * Millingtonia hortensis , * Callicarpa cana , Tectona 
