BOTANY. 311
552. A. sp. ?—Silk-Cotton Plant; grows wild; common over
some parts of the semi-barren outskirts. C. Alt. '2 to 3'8.
Gomphocarpus, B. Br.
553. G. fruticosus, H. K —Tall white Asclepias; grows to a
height of five feet, is wild and very common on the low lánd. Alt.
2'4, at Southens, Eock Cottage, &c. Yields a large quantity of silky
fibre from the seed-pods, but no use is made of it. The Butterfly
Danais chrysippua frequents this plant, and thickly covers it with
its beautiful black-and-yellow caterpillars and green-and-gold chrysalides.
Bot. Mag. 1628.—Hab. Cape of Good Hope.
Hoya, E. Br.
554. H. carnosa, E. Br.—Wax plant; grows well. Alt. 3'8.
Cultivated in gardens, and rather rare. Bot. Mag. 788.—Hab.
China.
82. J a s m i n a c e ^e (<Jessamine Family).
Jasminum, Linn.
555. J . odoratissimum, Linn.—Yellow Jasmine; grows uncultivated
in shrubberies. Alt. 3'8. Bather 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.-fcLarge Yellow Jasmine; uncultivated
; very rare in gardens at high alts.—Hab. L. Indies.
83. Oleácea (Olive Family).
Fraxinus, Linn.
558. F. chinensis, Boxb —Mentioned by Eoxburgh 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. East Indies.
Olea, Linn.
560. 0. laurifolia, Lamk—Purple-fruited Olive; one plant, a