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to the Peruvian. The wood is fine grained and smooth, used 

 by Coach makers and Carpenters. 



LITCHI. Vide Scytalia Litchi* 



LONICERA LESCHENAULTIA. Caprifoliacece. T. Moullee-quedi. 

 A twining villous shrub, native of the Neilgherries, is found 

 in many gardens of the Deccan where it grows in great luxuri- 

 ance, it is easily propagated by cuttings or layers. 



LOQUAT. -Vide Eriobotrya Japonica. 



LOTUL. Vide Osyris Wightiana. 



LUCERN. Vide Medicago Sativa. 



LTCOPERSICUM. ESCULENTUM. TOMATA OR LOVE APPLE. The 

 produce of South America a genus of the same family as 

 potatoes. There are two sorts, single and double : may be 

 sown immediately the rains commence, in beds ; afterwards 

 transplanted in rows, two feet apart, and trailed upon sticks of 

 a strong description. If the soil is good, they will grow to 

 seven or eight feet in height. The double, which are the finest, 

 if sown in June, ripen in October. The lower branches should 

 be pruned, and a succession of crops may be kept up until 

 April. The small single tomata, with a slight protection from 

 the dry winds, will continue until the rains. 



MACLURA TINCTORIA. Urticacece. This tree grows to the 

 height of thirty or forty feet, from the wood Fustic, a yellow 

 dye is obtained. 



MALABAR NIGHT- SHADE. Vide Basella Eubra. 



MALABAR CREEPER. Vide Ipomc&a Tuberosa. 



MALPIGHIA COCCIFERA. Malpighiacece. A small stunted shrub, 

 with leaves resembling the box ; common in gardens. 



MANGIFERA INDICA. Terebinthdcece. NAT. AMB. OR AMBA. 

 Is a highly esteemed fruit, and may be procured twice in the 

 year, but I have never met with any trees bearing two crops in 

 the Deccan, only in Bombay. Propagation may easily be effect- 

 ed by seed and cuttings, &c., but the process is slow, as a tree 

 thus raised will not bear fruit before the fifth or sixth year, 

 whereas those that are grafted produce in the second or third, 



