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BERGERA KONIQII. Aurantiacece. NAT. BURSUNGA. TAM. 

 KARAWAT-PILLAT. The Koodia Neem, commonly known as Cur- 

 rypak, is common throughout the country. It grows to a tree 

 of tolerable dimensions with pinnate leaves ; strongly scented ; 

 flowers in February and March ; fruit of a deep purple colour, 

 the leaves are used for flavouring curries, &c., by the Natives. 



BHERE FRUIT. Vide Zizyphus Jujuba. 



BIGNONIA UNDULATA. Bignoniacece. BIGNONIA GRANDIFLORA, 

 &c. A tree with drooping branches like the weeping willow ; 

 leaves covered with micaceous scales ; flowers in lateral racemes, 

 very large, orange-coloured, and scentless. 



BILIMBI. Vide Averrhoa Carambola. 



BIXA ORELLANA. Bixacece. ARNOTTO. NAT. KISTEE. A tall 

 shrubby plant with large, heart-shaped, soft velvet leaves on 

 long footstalks ; flowers large, in loose terminal panicles, of a 

 pale peach colour. The capsule prickly. The red pulp which 

 covers the seed is used by the Natives as a dye, the bark for 

 cordage, and the seeds for colouring butter. 



BLACKBERRY. Vide Rubus Lasiocarpus. 



BLIGHIA SAPIDA. Sapindacece. NAT. AKHEE. Native of Gui- 

 nea. Has pinnate leaves, and the habit of a Sapindus ; fruit, 

 size and shape of a pear, of a red colour, much esteemed in 

 Guinea and the West Indies. 



BOMBAX CEIBA. This is a large tree, which in South America 

 and the West Indies is used for canoes. 



BOMBAX MALABARICUM. Bombacece. NAT. SAUR. A large 

 tree, trunk-armed with prickles, leaves deciduous in the cold 

 season ; flowers in February and March, large, of a bright red 

 colour and vase-shaped, which in the morning contains a limpid 

 sweet fluid, drunk by the Natives ; the wood is white, soft, and 

 of little use. 



BORASSUS FLABELLIFORMIS, Palmacece.. BRAB OR TAR TREE. 

 This tree, the loftiest of its tribe, needs no description: it 

 yields the juice known by the name of Palmyra toddy. The 

 fruit is also eaten. 



