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Names of Species. 
Remaeks. 
Melaleuca Leucadendron Linn. 
Planted. 
Eugenia Jambos Linn. 
Cultivated. 
*Daucus Carota Linn. 
Cultivated. 
145 Ixora coccinea Linn. 
Very common in gardens of Europeans. 
*Coffea arabica Linn. 
Cultivated. 
Carissa Carandas Linn. 
Cultivated, not very successfully. 
Ipomoea coccinea Linn. 
In gardens, but also a frequent escape. 
Solanum tuberosum Linn. 
The potato does very poorly. 
150 Physalis peruviana Linn. 
Cultivated. 
Torenia, sp. 
Cultivated, but also often appearing spon¬ 
taneously. 
Thunbergia alata Boj. 
Cultivated, but also appearing as an escape, e. g., 
at Namuna ghat. (K.) 
T. erecta T. And. 
Planted as a hedge on Mt. Harriet. 
Dsedalacanthus salaccensis 
Frequent in gardens. 
T. And. 
155 Tectona grandis Linn. f. 
The teak-plantations under the care of the 
Forest Department are doing exceedingly well.* 
Bougainvillea glabra Choisy. 
In gardens of Europeans. 
Deeringia celosioides Br. 
In gardens, but also appearing subspontaneously. 
Cinnamomum zeylanicum, 
Cultivated and doing very well. (K). 
Breyn. 
Euphorbia antiquorum Linn. 
Grown as a hedge-plant. 
160 Ficus bengalensis Linn. 
Planted. 
F. Rumphii Blume. 
Largely jdanted on roadsides at Aberdeen un¬ 
der the impression that it was the Pipal 
(F. religiosa). 
F. religiosa Linn. 
A few trees only. 
Ravenala madagascariensis 
Planted. 
Adans. 
Agave vivipara Linn. 
Very common in gardens of Europeans. 
165 Dioscorea sativa Linn. 
Cultivated. 
Colocasia antiquorum Schott. 
Cultivated but also appearing spontaneously in 
marshy spots around Aberdeen. 
\ 
Bambusa Brandish Mum'o. 
Dendrooalamus strictus Nees. 
1 f These Bamboos have been planted somewhat 
169 Cephalostachyum pergraoile 
( 1 extensively throughout the Settlement. 
Munro. 
These intentionally introduced species belong to tbi’ee distinct 
classes :— 
1. Such as prohaily never could become nahiralized—traly exotic 
species, such as temperate vegetables and garden flowers and plants 
The name Rain-tree is derived from a phenomenon of condensation or exuda¬ 
tion (both explanations have been offered) said to he exhibited by the tree in America ; 
in India nothing of the sort occurs. 
* It should be noted also that the Forest Department is actively engaged in 
propagating Tadouk, a very valuable indigenous timber tree {Fterocar'pus indicus 
W illd.) and that the Andamanese Fyenmah, another good timber tree {Lagerstrcemia 
hypoleuca Kurz) is extensively planted. 
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