Mexican Pines and others, have been introduced recently, and are
thriving well on the western side of the lawn at Plantation House.
Picea, Link.
680. P. Webbiana, Loud.—Recently introduced from the Royal
Gardens at Kew.—Hab. Nepal.
Podocarpus, L ’Hér.
_ elongata, L Hér.—The Cape Yew ; grows well and
quickly to a fine timber tree. At Plantation it attains a large
size, measuring nine feet in circumference, and rising thirty feet to
the first branches, the total height being from sixty to seventy feet.
Another tree, near the old Pish, fond, measures round the trunk as
much as eleven feet eight inches. I t yields the timber known at
the Cape of Good Hope as yellow-wood ; wild and very common.
H. L. Alt. 3 to 4.—Hab. Cape ¡of Good Hope.
682. P. chinensis, Wall.—China Yew, said by Roxburgh to
grow in the Island.—Hab. China.
Sequoia, Endl.
683. S. gigantea, Torr.—Wellingtonia ; recently introduced
from the Royal Gardens at Hew.—Hab. N. America.
Taxodium, Rich.
684. T. distichum, Rich.—Two fine trees, about forty feet
high, grow in the valley near the old Pish Pond at Plantation.
H. L. Alt. 3'2. Bears seeds, but they do not appear to germinate.
This plant is said to be nearly allied to a fossil tertiary species which
appears to have been spread over Europe during the Miocene epoch.
—Hab. Southern United States and Mexico.
Thuja, Linn.
685. T. occidentalis, Linn.—Arbor Vitre; grows to a small
tree both on the high and low lands, but not abundantly. Bears
seeds freely, but they do not germinate without cultivation.—Hab.
N. America,
Widdringtonia, Endl.
6S6. W. eupressoides, Endl.—Mentioned by Roxburgh as
growing in the Island.—Hab. Africa.
101. CvcADACEiE (Cycas Family).
Cycas, Linn.
687. C. revoluta, Linn.—Sago Palm ; two or three plants only.
Maldivia, C. Alt. '65, and Oakbank, H. L. Alt. 36. Grows well,
and fruits, but I have not seen the seed germinate. Bot. Mag.
2963.—Hab. China.
CLASS II.—MONOCOTYLEDONS.
102. P a l m j e (Palms).
Cocos, Linn.
688. C. nucifera, Linn.—Cocoa N u t; grows to a height of sixty
feet, but the fruit seldom comes to perfection; about ten trees only,
in James Yalley. Alt. ’5 to -8—Hab. Tropics.
Corypha, Linn.
689. C. umbraculifera, Linn.—The Pan Palm, of which there
are several plants at Maldivia Gardens and Plantation, which have
attained a height of ten or twelve feet. C. & H. L. Seeds well
on the low. land.—Hab. E. Indies.
Jubrea, H. B. K.
690. J. spectabilis, H. B. K. — One specimen only of this
beautiful Palm grows at Farm Lodge to a height of about forty
feet. M. Alt. 3’6. I t fruits well, bearing an abundance of small
nuts, resembling miniature cocoa-nuts.—Hab. Chili.
Phoenix, Linn.
691. P. dactylifera, Linn.—The Date; grows well in the low
hot ravines and valleys, such as Jamestown, C. Alt. 1, where there
are about thirty or forty trees. Attains a height of fifty feet, and
fruits to perfection in September at Maldivia. Two or three trees
grow at a higher altitude, but do not thrive. Some of these trees