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Rheed 6, t. 16. 17.) c^grH Pulash.—Palasi. Asiat. Res. 3, p. 469, 

 and 4, p. 229. A venerable and holy tree ; gave its name to the cele- 

 brated plain of " Plassey" in Bengal, b Circars. Negapatam, Tra- 

 vancore. Common in the Concans, Kandesh and Goozerat. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Chittagong. Silhet. Khassya Mountains. Assam. Saha- 

 runpore. Fl. very large, deep orange, Feb., March and April ; fr. 

 May and June. — From fissures and wounds in the bark issues, duriug 

 the hot season, a beautiful red juice, soon hardening into a ruby 

 coloured, brittle, astringent gum ; which, however, soon looses its 

 colour by exposure to the air. Seeds considered anthelminthic by 

 the Natives. An infusion of the flowers of this and the next species 

 dye cotton, previously prepared with alum, a bright yellow, which 

 may be changed by an alkali into deep reddish-orange. (Roxb.) 



2. superba, Roxb. {Coram. 1, t. 22 ;— /. ind. 3, p. 247 ; — DC. pr. 2, p. 

 415 ; — W. and A.pr. I, p. 261.) S <y Circars. Kheree jungle. Deyra 

 Dhoon. Fl. very large, deep orange, scarlet, March ; fr. 0. The 

 same gum exudes fi'om fissures in the bark as in No. 1. 



S.parviflora, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 248 ;—DC. pr. 2, p. 415 i—JV. and 

 A.pr. 1, p. 261 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 54; — Wight icon. 1, t. 

 210.) B v-^ Rajamundree Circar. Hilly parts of the Concan. Assam. 

 Oude. Fl. small, white, Nov. and Dec. ; fr. April and May. 



4. sericophylla. Wall. {Cat.) Tavoy. In H. C. G. fl. .? 

 Meizotropis, (Colyx campanulatus, 4 dentatus. Corolla papilionacea, 

 petalis insequalibus ; carina cseteris longiore. vexillo ovato, recurvo ; alis 

 incurvis. Stamina 9-1. Ovarium 2-ovulatum. Legumen Buteae. Fru- 

 tex inermis adpresse sericeo-pubescens. Folia 3-foliolata. Foliola 

 racemique Butese.) 



1. buteceformis, 'B Jyntea Hills, alt. 3000 f. Fl. 10 lines long, scarlet, near- 

 ly the whole year; fr. C. S. Seeds received from Mr. W. Griffith. 

 PoNGAMiA, Lam. {DC.pr. 2, p. 416 ,—W. and A.pr. I, p. 262.) 



1. glabra, Vent. {Malm. t. 28; — DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — /. Grah. 

 Cat. B.pl.p. 55; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 59 — Galedupa Indica, Lam.; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 239. — Robinia mitis, L. — Dalbergia arborea, Willd.; 

 — Rheed. 6, t. 3.) ^f?1 Kurunja. b Coromandel. Common throughout 

 the Concans, the Deccan. Amherst. Penang. Banks of the Saluen. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Patna. Assam. Kheree jungle. Deyra-Dhoon. 

 Fl. middle-sized, bright purple, H. S. ; fr. C. S. Wood light, white, 

 firm, used for a variety of economical purposes. Leaves eaten by 

 cattle. Seeds yield by expression a fixed oil, which the Natives use 

 externally in eruptive diseases. 



2. marginata, Grah. (Galedupa marginata, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, /?. 241.) S v_y 

 Khassya Mountains. Fl. largish, rosy-white, April and May ; fr. 

 Sept. and Oct. 



Z.uliginosa, DC. {pr. 1, p. 416; — W. and A.pr. l,p. 262; — Hook, 

 bot. misc. 3, p. 301. (misprinted. P. religiosa) suppl. t. 4\. (engraved 



