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obtuse; follicles oblong, large, six inches long, 2 inches thick. In 

 the Concans; common even in the Deccan. Syn. Peltanthera 

 solanacea, Roth. nov. sp. p 132; Echites dichotoma, Uoxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, p 19. 



6. WRIGHTIA, R. Br. 



1. TOMENTOSA, Rcem. and Schult. syst. iv, p 414. A small 

 tree ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated at the base, 

 pubescent, with dark-coloured tomentum ; corymbs dense, rigid, 

 terminal ; flowers yellowish ; follicles 8 to 9 inches long, scabrous. 

 Very common on the Northern Ghauts. Yields a yellow juice, 

 which may be serviceable as a dye. Syn. Nerium tomentosum, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 6; VV tomentosa, Wight Ic. 443; W pubescens, 

 Roth. nov. sp. 120 and 397. Native name " Kala Inderjow." 



2. TINCTORIA, Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 73. A small tree ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate and ovate, obtusely acuminated, glabrous, 

 membranaceous, panicles terminal, lax, many-flowered; flowers 

 white, fragrant, appear in April; follicles very long and slender, 

 pendulous, as thick as a quill. Jungles south of Nagotna, and 

 many other places. The wood of this tree is remarkably white and 

 close-grained, coming nearer to ivory than any other I know of, 

 Roxb. Indigo is made from the leaves and tender branches. 

 Native name " Kala Koora." 



3. WALLICHII. A shrub ; leaves elliptic-obovate, acute at the 

 base, obtusely acuminated, covered all over with dark-brown 

 tomentum ; calycine lobes broadly ovate-rounded ; scales inside 

 ovate-rounded, half the length of the lobes ; flowers and follicles 

 very like those of Tomentosa. In the Warree Country, very 

 common ; a native also of Burmah. 



7. HOLARRHEN^, R. Br. 



1 . ANTIDYSENTERICA, Wall, list No, 1672. A shrub ; branches, 

 leaves, and peduncles glabrous ; leaves elliptic, very obtuse at the 

 base, acute or abruptly acuminated at the apex ; cymes many- 

 flowered, terminal ; flowers puberulous, white, appear in April and 

 May; follicles I foot long. Very common in the Concans. Syn. 

 Chonemorpha antidysenterica, Don. Gen. syst. Gard. iv, p 79; 

 Wight Ic. t. 439. This plant furnishes the officinal Conessi bark, 

 used in fever and diarrhoea, and which contains an uncrystallisable 

 alkaloid. Native name " Dowla Koora." 



8. ALSTONIA, R. Br. 



1. SCHOLARIS, Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 75. A large spreading 

 tree ; leaves in verticels of 5 to 7, obovate-oblong, acute at the 

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