MISCELLANEOUS. 



Entada Pursaetha. De C. 



Linn Syst. Polyandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Gilla, Beng. Gardul, By. Gila-tiya, Tel. Maha- 

 pusw&la, Cey. 



Habitat. Malabar. Moluccas. Mauritius. 



Remarks. The seeds are used by Dhobies for crimping. In the West 

 Indies the seeds of allied species are made into snuff-boxes, and the pods 

 are used by the police, &c. They are often floated across to the western 

 shores of Spain, France, Ireland, and Scotland, and are thus said to have 

 afforded Columbus an argument for the existence of America. 



PrOSOpis spicigera. Linn. Eatable-podded Prosopis. 



Linn. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. Shemee, Sumree, Sounder, By. Shiimi, Tel. 

 Habitat. East Indies. Persia. 



Remarks. Very common in Guzerat. It is one of the trees to which 

 the Dussera processions proceed, and the heart-wood in Sindh is used for 

 weavers' shuttles. ^Esckynomene aspera, W. is the Sola of Bengal, 

 with which Sola (often called Solar by the ignorant) topees are made. Are 

 the beautiful pith models of SoutHern Ihdia'made from this, or from 

 Scavola Taccada, N. O. 122 ? 



N. 0. 78. LYTHRACEJE. LOOSESTRIFES. 

 Lawsonia alba. Lam. Henna Plant. 



Linn Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Vernacular. See " Dyes." 



Habitat. The East Indies. Northern Africa. Cyprus. 



Remarks. See " Dyes." Henna is prepared from the leaves of the 

 Mayndie. 



N. O. 85. MYRTACE.E. MYRTLE BLOOMS. 

 Careya arborea. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



Vernacular. See "Drugs." 



Habitat. Kandeish and the Concans. Malabar. 



Remarks. The bark of the Wahoomba furnishes slow matches for 

 matchlocks. 

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