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SAPINDUS EMARGINATUS. NAT. RITTAH. Resembles the S. In- 

 dicus. The seeds are used medicinally, and also for washing the 

 finer kinds of silk. 



SARCOSTEMMA VIMINALE. Apocynacece. NAT. SOOM. A valu- 

 able leafless plant, resembling the Euphorbia Tirucalli ; flowers 

 white in the rains, the Natives tie the stems up into a bundle 

 and place them in the water-course of their wells for the purpose 

 of preventing the attack of white ants. 



SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM. Terebinthacece. NAT. BHELA. The 

 juice of this fruit is particularly acrid, and is used for marking 

 linen ; the tree is very common in the Deccan, 



SESAMUM ORIENTALS. Pedalinece. NAT. GINGELIE. A com- 

 mon plant springing up in waste places, and flowering towards 

 the close of the rains ; the flowers from the seed of which a 

 bland oil is obtained. 



SIDA ACUTA. Malvaceae. NAT. KURETA. A common plant, 

 grows wild in many parts of the Deccan ; flowers small, yellow, 

 grows to the height of about three feet ; and no doubt, like the 

 S. Rhomboidea, a good fibre might be procured from it. 



SINGHARA. Vide Trapa Bispinsa. 



SIPHONANTHUS INDICA. Verbenacece. NAT. BARUNGEE. A tall, 

 erect growing, suffruticose plant, with linear leaves; flowers 

 white or cream coloured, with long tubes. 



SIPHONANTHUS FRAGRANS. NAT. HATTI-KANA. Double Variety. 

 A native of China. 



SLIPPER PLANT. Vide Euphorbia Tithymaloides. 

 SNAKE FRUIT. Vide Eleagnus Conferta. 



SOAP NUT TREE. Sapindacece. This tree is very common in 

 the Deccan about villages. The leaves have a shining appear- 

 ance, and the flower stalk a soft brown downy look, bearing a 

 small whitish flower. The berries are used for washing by the 

 Natives. 



SOLANUM TUBEROSUM. Solanaccce. NAT. ALOO. Vide Potato. 

 SOLANUM MELONGENA. NAT. BINEGUM. Vide Egg Plant, 



