CATALOGUE, 



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* Ihe leaves of the Palas tree are given as fodder to buffaloes. Tbe flowers are 

 made, with alum, into tbe yellow dye used at the Eoli festival (Brandis). This tree 

 gives its name to the memorable plain of Palasi, vulgarly called" Plassey" (Birdwood's 

 Vegetable Products). It yields a, kino and a lac — {lb.) 



t Catechu is manufactured in the Konkan from the wood of the Kher tree. 



