^ymplocos. polyandria monogynia. 541 



LodJi, the bark is meant, Biira Hur (Myroholana Che' 

 bula. Mat. Med. Terminalia chebula Roxb.) of each one 

 chatwk, or two ounces, pound and rub them with water on 

 a stone ; mix them up with water, and steep the cloth in it, 

 then dry it. Take one chatj/k of alum, dissolve it in water, 

 and boil it, put the cloth into this solution, and let it boil 

 for an hour, then wash and dry it. Then take Al, viz. 3Tor- 

 inda tinctoria. Roxb. one chatwk Dhawra flowers, Gris- 

 lea tomentosa. Roxb. one chatak Munjeet Rubia Mun~ 

 jeet. Ro.xb. half a seer, nearly a pound, separately, mix 

 them with lukewarm water, and let it boil. Then put in 

 the cloth, and let it remain boiling for forty minutes. 



Aboor the red powder used by the natives during the 

 Hoolee holidays is made about Kheerpaee, of the bark of 

 this tree. 



2. S. spicata. Roxb. 



Leaves from lanceolar to oblong-serrate, acute. Spikes 

 axilla ry, compound . Drupes, curceolate-torose ; nut one- 

 celled, one seeded. 



Booree, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is in- 

 digenous, growing to be a middle-sized tree. It flowers in 

 August, and the seeds ripen in the cold season. They 

 are very hard, about the size of a pea, and resemble a mi- 

 nute fluted pitcher; when bored, they are strung like 

 beads, and by the natives put round the necks of their chil- 

 dren , to prevent evil The nuts only ofNageia Putranjiva 

 are employed in the same manner, and for the same end. 



Young shoots smooth and straight. Leaves alternate, 

 short-petioled, from lanceolar to oblong-serrate, acumi- 

 nate, smooth, texture hard, and in drying turn yellow; from 

 four to six inches long and one and a half broad. Stipules 

 none. Spikes axillary, solitary, compound, I may say 

 panicled, scarcely half the length of the leaves, smooth. 

 Flowers numerous, sessile, small, scattered, yellow. 

 Bractes three, roundish, concave and ciliate, embracing 



