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IPOMCEA TUBEROSA. Convolvulacece. MALABAR CREEPER. An 

 immense climbing plant, with woody stem ; common in gardens ; 

 a native of Tropical America; leaves palmated, seven parted. 

 Flowers yellow and showy, appear in October and November. 

 It is in general use for covering old walls, trellises, &c., and for 

 which purpose, from its exceeding rapid growth, it is well 

 adapted. 



JACK TREE. Vide Artocarpus Integrifolia. 



JAMOON. Vide Eugenia Jambosa. 



JATROPHA MANIHOT. Eupliorbiacece. TAM. MARAVULLIE. NAT. 

 SHUFTALOO. The Tapioca plant. This is a shrub with palmate 

 leaves, resembling the castor oil plant; it is of easy culture. 

 The juice fresh from the roots is highly poisonous ; but the root 

 when roasted or boiled, may be eaten with safety : it yields also 

 tapioca, a nutritious flour, and grows well in any good soil or 

 situation. 



JATROPHA CURCAS. NAT. BAG-BHERENDA. TAM. CAAT-AMUNAK. 

 The angular leaved physic nut. This plant is principally 

 used as a hedge from its easy growth, it flowers in the rains ; 

 the seeds are administered as a purgative, but are very uncertain 

 in their operation. 



JATROPHA MULTIFIDA CORAL PLANT. This shrub is common in 

 almost all the gardens ; where it is known by its resemblance to 

 the substance from which it is named. The seed is sometimes 

 eaten by children, but is of a deleterious nature, and an emetic 

 should be immediately administered. I have known several in- 

 stances of this occurring. The inspissated juice forms a sub- 

 stance like caoutchouc. 



JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS. Coniferce. A handsome shrub with 

 bark of a dark brown colour which peels off in little flakes, culti- 

 vated in the Botanical Garden at Calcutta. 



JONIPERUS CHINENSIS. This low spreading shrub has also 

 been brought from China and cultivated in the same gardens as 

 the above. 



JUSTICIA PICTA. AcantJiacece. This is a very ornamental and 



