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border hedges, it bears a small reddish flower and grows easily 

 from cuttings at the commencement and during the rains. 



LAGERSTRCEMIA REGIN(E. NAT. URJOONA. A small tree with 

 opposite oblong leaves; flowers in May in large terminal pani- 

 cles of a dark blue or purple colour, exceedingly showy. 



LAGERSTR(EMIA JjANCEOLATA. NAT. BoDAH OR BONDAGA. An 



erect tree with oblong lanceolate leaves, flowers small, white, 

 appearing in April and May, the whole of the species may be 

 propagated by seed or cuttings in any garden soil. 



LAUREL. Vide Croton Variegatum. 



LAURUS CAMPHORIFERA. Lauracece. NAT. CAFOOR. Camphor 

 tree of China introduced into Bombay, it is a large tree with 

 ascending branches, bark of the stem somewhat rough, but on 

 the inner surface is smooth and mucous. The tree does not 

 blossom until it has attained a considerable size, the fruit is a 

 purple berry the size of a pea, it is composed of a soft pulpy 

 substance having the flavour of cloves and camphor : the cam- 

 phor is obtained by incision in the bark whence it exudes, a 

 tree seldom produces more than three pounds. 



LAURUS CINNAMOMUM. NAT. DAR-CHEENI. This tree is rare in 

 the Deccan, and is only to be found in private gardens ; where it 

 is most probably introduced from Ceylon, where it blossoms in 

 January and February, the seeds ripen in about four months, the 

 berry is oval about the size of a pea and when first gathered the 

 taste resembles that of the Juniper berry, and when dry, if boiled, 

 yields a substance which when cold becomes solid like wax, and 

 may be made into caudles ; propagated by seeds, shoots, or 

 layers ; soil a sandy loam mixed with decayed vegetable matter. 



LAURUS PERSEA. Lauracece. This tree grows to a large size 

 and requires much water. The wood is very brittle. It bears 

 fruit during the rains, the size of a baking pear, but to describe 

 it more accurately would be to say that it is from six to eight 

 inches long, and in the thickest part about three inches in 

 diameter. It is called Subaltern's butter. The outside has a 

 dark green skin, rather thin ; and inside a soft whitish pulp, 

 which may easily be divided with a spoon. The seed is about 



