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VOLKAMERIA INERME. NAT. SuNGHOOPiE. A scandcnt ra- 

 mous shrub, pure white flowers, in blossom nearly throughout 

 the year, hedges are made with it. 



WALNUT. Vide Aleurites Triloba. 



WOOD APPLE. Vide Feronia Elephantum. 



WRIGHTIA COCCINEA. Apocynacece. A large tree ; flowers 

 externally green, internally deep orange-red, having something 

 of the perfume of the pine-apple. 



WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA. NAT. KALA KOODA. A small tree with 

 pale green soft leaves; deciduous in the cold weather. On 

 being bruised, a kind of Indigo exudes from them. Flowers 

 in March and April ; white follicles in pairs, from twelve to 

 eighteen inches long, which as they ripen the ends of each pair 

 curiously join. The wood is used by turners and cabinet 

 makers. 



XYLOPHYLLA ANGUSTIFOLIA. Euphorbiacece. This is a small 

 shrub growing to the height of three feet, the colour of the 

 flowers is yellow and red. 



ZANTHOXYLON RHETSA. Rutacece, A large tree armed with 

 sharp prickles ; capsules have a strong aromatic taste ; the 

 seeds are used instead of pepper. 



ZIZYPHUS XYLOPYRA. Bhamnacece. NAT. GOTTI. A small 

 thorny tree, fruit round, used by the moochies for blackening 

 leather. 



ZIZYPHUS VULGARIS, THE JUJUBA. NAT. BIER. This is a 

 common wild fruit tree, and grows in almost every jungle. The 

 fruit is astringent, but sometimes of a pleasant sub-acid flavour 

 eaten chiefly by the poorer classes, and wild animals. It is 

 more especially cultivated by Mussulmans round their tombs. 

 The fruit is oblong, containing a stone, and bears twice in the 

 year, the best crop about January : after this is over, the tree 

 is pruned, by cutting off nearly all the smaller branches. A 

 second crop succeeds on the new wood in the rains, but, from 

 being full of maggots, is not eatable : even in the cold weather 

 very few of the fruit are free from this insect. The Natives 



