Dr. H. F. C. Cleghorn on the Hedge Plants of India. 247 



and when fairly caught in it, it is no easy matter to be extricated, 

 the prickles being so numerous, crooked and sharp. 



Both Koenig and Roxburgh were so situated amongst the 

 Vendalore Hills, near Madras ; hence the former named it Tragu- 

 laria horrida, not at that time suspecting it to be P. aculeata. 

 (Rox. ii. 217.) 



Hemecyclia sepiaria, W. & A. in Edin. New Phil. Journ. xiv. 297; 

 Wight, Cat. 940. 



This Euphorbiaceous plant forms a rigid densely interwoven 

 shrub rising to 8 or 10 feet, of rather frequent occurrence. The 

 leaves are extremely hard, and resemble those of Celastrus emar- 

 ginatus. 



Epicarpurus orientalis, Blume. 



Trophis aspera, Retz. 

 Strehlus asper. Lour. 

 Suna Gargathee-mara, Can. 

 A rigid milky tree of small size, with numerously interwoven 

 branchlets, common everywhere in India. Leaves scabrous, em- 

 ployed for polishing ivory and furniture. Wood used for fuel ; 

 berries eaten by birds. Much used as a fence, for which it is 

 well fitted by its very ramous rigid character : though unarmed, 

 it affords good protection by the closeness of its branches. De- 

 tached plants form low trees with bushy heads. 



The scarp of Fort William is strengthened by an impenetrable 

 hedge of Trophis aspera. (Hook. Misc. iii. 29.) 



Jatropha Curcas, L. 



Augular-leaved Physic Nut 



Mara harulu, Can. 



Domesticated all over India. A most common bush, seen 

 growing round the little native gardens throughout Mysore. It 

 is of speedy growth, attaining the height of 6 or 8 feet; but 

 forms a bare, scraggy, useless enclosure. The leaves are de- 

 ciduous ; the seeds are pm'gative ; the stems are soft and spongy, 

 and will not even burn. " Colitur ubique in Indise sepibus.^' — 

 Buch. 



Rhamnus circumscissus, L. 



Scutia indica, Broug., Wight 111. t. 73. 



A straggling shrub armed with recurved prickles overrunning 

 the country, particularly towards the Ghauts. It would, from its 

 sharp aculei and numerous diverging branches, form an excellent 

 hedge-plant. 



