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downy, and on being cut through a yellow pigment exudes, 

 having the appearance of gamboge : propagated easily by seed, 

 and the tree is well adapted from its ornamental appearance for 

 avenues, or the road side. 



HIPTAGE MADABLOTA. Malpighiacece. NAT. BOKHEE OR UTI- 

 MOOKTA. Delight of the Woods. A large climbing shrub, with 

 very beautiful white and yellow flowers in terminal racemes ; 

 petals fringed; four white, one yellow; one of the stamens 

 much longer than the rest ; fruit unequally three winged. The 

 bark is a good sub-aromatic bitter. 



HOG PLUM. Vide Spondias Mangifera. 



HORSE RADISH TREE. Vide Moringa Pterygosperma. 



HOVENIA DULCIS. Rhamnacece. This tree was originally 

 brought from China, the fruit is a capsule, which contains a 

 sweet juice and is said to have the flavour of the Bergamot pear. 



HOYA CARNOSA. Apocynacece. Wax-plant. This plant is com- 

 mon in gardens both in Bombay and the Deccan ; the flowers 

 are of a whitish pink colour, resembling wax. It grows well in 

 the garden or in pots, and is particularly well suited for cover- 

 ing trellis work ; it seems to prefer a northern aspect and blos- 

 soms generally in February or March ; and as one set of flowers 

 fall off, others appear shortly after on the same stem, and in 

 this manner a succession of flowers continue three or four times. 



HURA CREPITANS. Euphorbiacece. The Sand-box tree; a 

 small armed tree of rapid growth. The fruit resembles a small 

 orange without the peel, and when ripe, its numerous valves 

 burst with an elastic jerk. 



HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA. UmbelUfercB. An herbaceous plant, 

 grows in moist shady places, flowers green, and of an uninter- 

 esting nature. 



INGA DULCIS. Mimosa. TAM. KOROOKAPULLY. A large and 

 handsome tree, with drooping branches armed with short, 

 straight thorns. Pods curiously twisted, filled with a sweet 

 pulp, which forms a nourishing food. This is the best hedge 

 plant in South India. 



