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tember and October. Fruit triangular, covered with bristles ; 

 angles somewhat winged, as a pleasing scent. 



EEOIDENDEON ANFEACTUOSUM. Bombacece. This is a large 

 tree growing in many parts of the Deccan, flowers drooping, 

 dingy white, blossoms in the cold season, the capsules when 

 ripe contain a fine silky cotton like substance. 



ERYTHEINA INDICA. Leguminosce. NAT. PANGEA. Indian coral 

 tree; trunk and branches armed with prickles. Flowers in 

 March and April, in terminal horizontal racemes, of a bright 

 scarlet colour. This tree is used as a prop for vines ; grows 

 well by cuttings of any size. There is also a white blossoming 

 Erythrina. 



EEYTHRINA SUBLOBATA. T. BADADOOMOO. A tree, frequently of 

 great size, branches spreading and numerous, trunk without 

 prickles, the wood commonly used for making light boxes, 

 scabbards, &c., and is generally called moochee-wood. 



EEYTHEINA SUBEEOSA. This tree is less common than the In- 

 dica, the trunk covered with deeply cracked corky bark, deci- 

 duous in the cold season, flowers in February and March. 



EUGENIA ACEIS. Myrtacece. NAT. SUNG. A small tree; grows 

 in Bombay, the leaves have a pleasant smell when bruised. 



EUGENIA JAMBOSA. NAT. GOOLAB JAMB. This tree bears a 

 light whitish yellow fruit, pear shaped, with smooth skin, having 

 a rose flavour: it is commonly cultivated in gardens on the coast. 

 Hyderabad is the only part of the Deccan where it is known to 

 flourish ; many attempts have been made without success to rear 

 it elsewhere. It is easily propagated by seed, and grows luxuri- 

 antly in a good garden soil. The red coloured species having 

 the same flavour, is called the Jambo Malacca. 



EUGENIA MALACCENSIS. Cultivated as the former. 



EUPHOEBIA NEEIFOLIA. Euphorbiacece. NAT. SHU. TAM. ELA- 

 KULLIE. Grows all over the rocky parts of the Deccan. It has 

 a whitish dead appearance except during the rains, and forms a 

 capital fence round fields, &c. 



EUPHOEBIA ANTIQUOEUM. NAT. SAYOED. A leafless curious 



