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also been most entbusiastic in this matter, tlie thanks of all who are 
interested in the subject of island-floras are equally due, for having 
so kindly afforded his officers these opportunities of lauding 
on, and investigating the botany of, the islands of this group. 
In the list itself purely cultivated species are indicated by a 
distinctive type; species that have become ‘escapes,’ even though 
they may at the same time be ‘ cultivated,' and trees that, though 
they may be‘planted,’occur also as ‘indigenous’ species, are not 
distinguished iu this way. The references in the list are mainly 
to Dr. Roxburgh’s Flora Indica aud to Sir J. D. Hooker’s Flora 
of British India, and as regards cultivated and economic species 
also to Dr. Watt’s Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. 
PHANEROGAMIA. 
Thalamiflorae. 
Anonacb^. 
1 . Anona mueicata Linn., Sp. PI. 536; Watt, Diet., i., 258. 
The Sour Sop. 
Minikoi; only one tree, Fleming. 
Native of America, cultivated in most tropical countries, though 
rarely in India, except in the Madras Presidency, and even there 
sparingly. 
CAPPARIDEiB. 
2. Cleome viscosa Linn., Sp. PI. 672 ; Roxb., FI. Ind., iii., 
]28; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 170. 
Ameni; Hume! Anderut; Alcoch! Akati; Fleming! Kiltan 
Fleming! 
A weed of cultivation almost cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
BiXINEiB. 
3. Bixa Orellana Linu., Sp. PI. 512; Roxb., FI. Ind., ii., 581; 
Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 190; Watt, Diet., i., 154. The Anatto ; 
vernac. ^‘PotangJ” 
Ameni; cultivated for its dye, ‘‘several hundredweights of the 
fruit are exported yearly to Malabar,” Rohinsoyi. 
Native of America, generally cultivated throughout the tropics. 
4. Fiacourtia sepiaria Roxb., Corom. PI. i., 48, t. 68; FI. 
Ind., iii., 835 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 194. 
Kadamum; very common, Fleming ! 
Throughout Bengal, Peninsular India and Ceylon, iu dry jungles 
also in Java. 
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