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* In many parts of India, l-ac is produced on the young branches of the Schleichera. 

 " In Oudh, this tree is lopped, and the twigs and leaves are used as cattle-fodder 

 during the dry season. Oil is extracted from the seeds in South India and Ceylon." 

 (Brandis.) 



f The leaves of the Palas tree are given as fodder to buffaloes. The flowers are 

 made, with alum, into the yellow dye used at the Holi 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. {Ib.) 



X This plant is common throughout India. " The Seeds, said to be rich in nitro- 

 genous principles, were largely used by the famine-stricken people." (Lisboa's 

 Useful Plants). 



