FOREST TREES, FRUITS, AND FLOWERING 

 SHRUBS. 



ABROMA AUGUSTA. Byttneriacece. NAT. B. OOLUT-KUMBUL. 

 A shrub with soft velvety branches, flowers in the rains, of a 

 dark purple colour, capsule five-angled ; the fibres of the bark 

 are strong, and white, well adapted for making cordage though 

 not so strong as hemp. 



ABRUS PRECATORIUS. Leguminosce. NAT. B. SWETA KOONCH. 

 TAM. CONDUMUNNIE. A common twining plant with a woody 

 stem, bears small red berries, with a black spot on the top, or 

 more rarely black, with a white eye ; the seeds are used as weights 

 by jewellers, under the name of vahl, or rutee ; the root is em- 

 ployed as stick liquorice, being mucilaginous and sweet. 



ACACIA ARABICA. Mimosece. NAT. H. BABULA. TAM. KAROO- 

 VELUM. Common in the Deccan, thrives equally well in black 

 or red soil, growing rapidly and requiring no water ; the flowers 

 are yellow and the tree on the whole ornamental, the seeds and 

 pods in the hot season are of great value to the shepherd, as they 

 are readily eaten by goats and sheep. It abounds in gum. 



Another species, found also in the Deccan, called Ramkanta, 

 which grows tall and erect with a Cypress like appearance, dif- 

 fers in form and the colour of its legumes from the Arabica, it is 

 extremely ornamental, but the Natives have an objection to the 

 tree from some superstitious motive, an ill omen being attached 

 to it ; the wood of both species is hard, and used for cart wheels, 

 ploughs, &c. 



ACACIA CATECHU. NAT. KHADIRA OR KHUERA. TAM. PODE EL- 

 MAUN. A small armed tree, flowers in the rains, colour white, 

 in long axillary spikes, furnishes the Terra japonica. 



ACACIA SPECIOSA. A tree of rapid growth, flowers white, 

 very fragrant, with long stamens, the wood is strong and ser- 

 viceable. 



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