BOTANY. 



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colours. Dr. Heifer says : " The country produces, spon- 

 taneously growing, the ricinus or castor-oil plant/' but 

 this is quite erroneous. 



Ricinus communis. 



a. 



CROTON-OIL. 



The croton-oil plant is frequently seen under culture, 

 and the seeds are administered by native doctors. When 

 the operation is excessive, they give the patient the juice 

 of the sour lime, which is said to counteract the effect of 

 the croton seeds. All the plants that I have examined 

 belong to the exotic species. 

 Croton Tiglium. 



AVA CROTON. 



Lindley says that there is an indigenous, and allied species 

 to the preceding at Ava, which is decandrous, while C. 

 Tiglium has fifteen stamens, 

 Croton Pavancu 



MANY-STAMENED CROTON, 



The Burmese cultivate another species of croton, which 

 grows into a thick bush, and whose seeds are also a strong 

 purgative. 



Croton polyandra. 



WILU CROTON. 



A species of croton, whose roots are used by the na- 

 tives for a cathartic, abounds in some parts, especially on 

 the Maulmain hifls. This species is not described in 

 Roxburgh. 



Croton. 

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RANGOON CROTON. 



The natives describe another species of croton, common 

 in the neighborhood of Rangoon, and occasionally found 



