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CARISSA CARANDAS. Apocynacece. NAT. KURUNDA. T. WAKA. 

 The Wild Black Carandas. A large thorny bush. Grows wild 

 in most parts of the Deccan, bearing a dark blue coloured berry 

 when ripe, and sold in the bazaar. There is also a cultivated 

 sort in gardens. The fruit of the latter when ripe is sometimes 

 eaten by Europeans, but in the green state is made into tarts, 

 jellies and pickles : the jelly is considered inferior to none made 

 of other Indian fruits. The wild sort is gathered and sold by 

 the Natives for the same purpose. 



CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS. Compositce. NAT. KOOSUM. TAM. 

 SENDOORKUM. This plant known as safnower or bastard saff- 

 ron, yields a fine yellow dye, and from the seed a clear oil is 

 obtained, generally cultivated in fields at the latter end of the 

 monsoon. 



CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUS. Myrtacece. This tree is- a native 

 of the Molucca Islands and chiefly cultivated at Amboyna, it is 

 extremely handsome, and of luxuriant foliage, the whole tree 

 and leaves are strongly aromatic. The Clove tree is propa- 

 gated by seed or layers, the plant thrives best in a strong com- 

 pact soil of a clayey nature, and arrives at maturity eight or 

 nine years after sowing. The seeds should be sown about six 

 inches apart, in beds with plantain leaves or mats suspended 

 two or three feet from the ground to shelter the young plants 

 from the sun, for if not protected from it when young, they 

 droop and die. When the plants are five or six months old, 

 they should be transplanted at a space of fifteen or sixteen feet 

 asunder, and will bear about the sixth year. 



CARYOTA URENS. Palmacece. NAT. BHERLEE-MAHAR. TAM. TE- 

 ROOGA. An ornamental palm with clusters of dark red succulent 

 berries which are very acrid. It yields toddy, and an inferior 

 sort of sago is obtained from the trunk. 



CASHEW-NUT. Vide Anacardium Occidentale. 

 CASSIA ALATA. A stunted shrub, pretty only when in flower. 

 The leaves are useful in Ringworm. 



CASSIA AURICULATA, NAT. TURWUR. TAM. AVARAY. A very 

 common shrub, grows abundantly in all parts of the Deccan, 



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