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170 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Chailletiacee. 
names ;’the two latter, as. we learn: from several authors, are in Arabia and Africa 
applied to Z. lotus and Z. spinachristi.. The fruit of the wild kind is dried and powdered, 
as was done with the /otus of the Lotophagi: this powder, in Arabic, is.called suvekoon- 
nebbek ; in Persian, arud-i-kinar ; and in Hindee, ber-choonee. This kind bears a kind 
of lac; in Northern India called beree-ke-lakh, which is used for dyeing leather, cotton, 
and silk. Some of the species of this order are said to possess astringent leaves, and 
some are remarkable for the denseness and goodness of their wood. 
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56. SAMYDER. 
- This order is placed in Dichlamydee by M. De Candolle, though the flowers of all 
the species are apetalous; it ought therefore to be removed to Monochlamydee, to 
preserve the principle of arrangement, as it is not particularly allied to the families 
near which it is placed; plants belonging to it may be easily distinguished by their 
leaves-having a mixture of round and linear pellucid dots. They are found only in the 
warm parts’ of the world, as in the West-India Islands, Mexico, and South America ; 
in Asia, we have them in J ava, Ceylon, and Penang, extending into the Peninsula of 
India, and from Silhet up to the banks of the Jumna. The distribution of the Indian, 
species is, however, difficult to ascertain, as the leaves of each vary so much at different 
ages, and the specimens in the East-India Herbarium show them generally only at one 
age, and without fruit. 
Casearia vareca, Roxb., seems to be confined to Goalpara and Silhet. C. cheela, nob., 
an C. piscidia? Hb. Ham., is found with C. tomentosa and C. pauciflora, nob., in the 
Doon and valleys within the hills. Another species, with smooth leaves, is found in 
the valleys, near the Choor, C. alnifolia, nob., an C. Hamiltonii, Wall. In the central 
range, on the line of the great military road, C. canziala, Hb. Ham., referred by Dr. 
Wallich to C. ovata, is common. ‘ : 
The leaves of some of the species are said to be astringent, but of one species are 
eaten by the natives of India, according to Dr. Roxburgh. 
57. HOMALINE. 
Of the Homalinee, found only in warm parts of the world, species’ of \Blackwella are 
alone found in India. This genus, found in the African islands of Mauritius and Mada- 
gascar, as well as in Java, extends upwards along the Malayan Peninsula, and the 
tropical jungle at the base of the Himalaya, as far as Nepal, where B. nepalensis is 
found ; but which I have not met with further north. 
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58. CHAILLETIACEZ. | 
Of this small order, found in Guiana, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, and the island of 
Timor, there are no indications in India, as No. 4,038 and 7,443 of the East-Indian 
: Herbarium, wee here by Mr. Brown, are only found in the Malayan Peninsula. 
59. AQUILARINES. 
