J 38 BOTANY OF INDIA. 



a boat, »nd =l»lcl'e> " » "» ">«Pf ""J ■°°" """'™™ 

 akes supportea with this buoyant lagot. f ,. „ ^_ 



I .St of the le-umioose faniilv, and one of the ex- 

 teniv. t°. . C ««™, we have a very pne.al snb.t.tn.e 

 fo?! emfth oughout the warmer parts ol InJ.a, ttnd e en 



rr r »dtw»t"pSr» IS, i£: ^ 

 s^ro'ES'hi^h;''^: c«^£ts; i'jt^tjs^ 



substance (the .tale ■»"l''**Xorabout'a rupee and a 

 about 600 P»«"''f Jl,"' ™j;. This is the only plant 

 '",f'^ ""ftaSe „a ives Ke fcoromandel coast as fo»l 



s\?;'od:,crr.-i^r"° ' »*" "- "^"■ 



^;f ''r ' ' fides felinJ the greater part of the gum- 

 ""^ if" commerce the wo°od is valued for its strong, tough 

 arable ^f 'commerce, tne wo ^^^ ^^^^^.^^ 



and durable quaht^s It IS e^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^ 



timbers m ^^'P-'^'^'^f f'„b'U is a most powerful simple 

 other purposes. The inner to m p^^ ^^^ ^^ ^.^ 

 astringent, and is not onl> emplo>ea i ° j j, 3,e 



various shades of brov^n ' T^^ile the unr p j 



T' '^'l^rpti^fe-rs. icS/cLi^^a, as I'arge and 

 diers and chmtz-prmiers. ^<' furnishes an astnn- 



-nfbS'^^rih t Ses-^ilstU an ardent spirit. 

 Hemp and Flax." 



