EASTERN f I I N D O O S T A N. 133 



of the gums, proceeding from colds or fcorbutic habits ; but 

 the ufes are now confined to the making of feaUng-wax, or for 

 dying. Gerard, p. 1534, gives a figure of a ftick of the tree, 

 and the lac adhering, and fuppofes it to be the Lucb of Avicen^ 

 the Canca?num of Dhfcorides. 



In the Circars is found that elegant climbing plant the 

 Pergularia odoratijjlma. Smith's Icones, PL Rarior. tab. xvi. 

 F/os SiamicuSf Rumpb. Amhoin. Appendix, p. 58, tab. xxvi. 

 a flower fmall, but of mod exquifite fcent. 



I GIVE up all hopes of acquiring any knowlege of the trees 

 of Orixa. I (liall content myfelf with giving, from the admira- 

 ble botanifl Dodtor Roxburgh, as I have done in refped. to the 

 trees of Coromandel, a fele(St number of thofe of the Circars, no 

 longer comprehended as part of the antient kingdom long fince 

 feparated from them. 



The Mimujops hexandra is a great tree, growing on the tab>XV. 

 uncultivated mountains. The wood is excelTively heavy and 

 hard, and ufed by the waflier- women to beetle their cloths. 



Ccejalpina fappan, a valuable tree, of great magnitude, and Tae. XVI. 

 very thorny. Its ufe in dying a cheap red is great, mixed with 

 the chay-root : it feems of the fame quality as Braziletto, Doc- 

 tor Roxburgh makes great ufe of the young trees in the pepper 

 plantations for the vines to climb up. In a few years they will 

 attain fize enough to be cut and fent to market. 



Swietenia febrifuga, a very large tree, growing on the moun- Tab. XVH.. 

 tains of Rajabmundry. The wood hard, heavy, and of a dull 

 red ; it is moft durable, therefore ufed in all the timber work 



of 



