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green appearance, and i3 applied by the Natives to act as a dis- 

 cutient. 



ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA. Aristolochiacece. ARISTOLOCHIA BRAC- 

 TEATA. ARISTOLOCHIA ACUMINATA. A twining shrubby plant; 

 leaves alternate, simple, stalked, scolloped flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, and of a dark colour. The root is very bitter. 



ARNOTTO. Vide Bixa Orellana. 

 ARROW-ROOT. Vide Curcuma Angustifolia. 



ARTOCARPUS INCISA. Urticacece. BREAD FRUIT TREE. This 

 tree grows to a tolerably large size in Bombay, and is also to be 

 met with in some parts of the Deccan. It bears a fruit the size 

 of a large orange, or small pumplemose, with a muricated rind. 

 It seldom ripens in Bombay, the fruit falling off in the cold 

 season. Like the jack, it bears fruit both on the branches and 

 roots, which also afford a thick milky juice, convertible into 

 bird-lime. The fruit, cut into slices and fried, has something 

 the flavor of a sweet potato dressed in a similar manner. It 

 will grow from cuttings, and requires a light soil, with care, 

 and watering at first. 



ARTOCARPUS INTEGRIFOLIA. JACK TREE. NAT. KANTAL. TAM. 

 PEELA MARUM. This tree grows to an immense size. The wood 

 is used for furniture, and the fruit, which issues direct from the 

 trunk or stem, has a rough coated appearance, hanging like a 

 large green bag ; the scent is very disagreeable. It is not in 

 much request by Europeans, although the seed when roasted re- 

 sembles a chestnut in flavor. The finest fruits sometimes grow 

 on the roots, and will be found from the cracking of the earth 

 above them. When this fruit tree is grown in Native gardens 

 and the stem is forked, they generally place a large stone between 

 the branches : the reason for this I am unacquainted with. The 

 wood is in much request by Cabinet makers from its resem- 

 blance to mahogany : from its viscid juice bird-lime is prepared. 



ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. Apocynacece. An erect growing plant, 

 with linear, lanceolate leaves; flowers terminal, of a reddish 

 orange colour. The root dried and pounded is used as an emetic. 



ASCLEPIAS GIGANTIA. BED VAR. MUDAR. NAT. AUK. TAM. 

 YERCUM. This plant and the following species grow wild all over 

 India ; from the wood, charcoal is made for gunpowder ; the bark 



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