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Res. 4. p 308. Ainslie, Mat. Ind. 1. p. 240 and 2. p. 244. Rumph. Amb, 7. ¢. 
1. Blackwell. ¢. 400. Bot. Cah, ¢. 548. 
Aunlee, or Awla tree;—in gardens Bombay; but grows wild throughout 
both the Concans and Deccan;—particulirly in the hilly parts of the Sou- 
ther Mahratta Country. The fruit is eaten by the natives. it approaches 
in form and flavor that of the Garuga. N.— Roxburgh says, the bark is strong- 
ly astringent. 
1310. P. Lawn. 6. 
A shrub; leaves pinnate, leaflets very small; fringes the banks of the Gut- 
purba about Duddi;—also grows common on the binks of the Krishna, near 
Nalutwar, along with Zrichaurus ericoides, and a new species of Adelia. 
A, retusa, (Mr. Law.) 
623, ALEURITES. Lt, Monoecia Monadelphia. 
From Alevar—wheat flour; in allusion to the young shoots and panicles 
being covered with a mealy substance. Gaert. Fruct. 2. ¢. 125. Lam. ¢. 791, 
131t, A. Trivopa. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 629, Camirium. Rumph. Amb, 
2. t. 58. C. cordifulium. Gaert. Fruct. 2. ¢. 28. 
Japhal.— Belgaum Walnut.—A large tree; leaves petioled, cordate; mar- 
gins entire or scolloped;---frequently 3 or 5 lobed; from 6 to 8 inches long 
and nearly as broad;—flowers small; white; in terminal panicles, clothed 
with a mealy substance; appear in May.—Fruit roundish, somewhat compress- 
ed; poimted, very hard, 2 celled, each cell containing a ~hard nut, like a 
Walnut. 
In gardens Bombay;—grows wild in the S. M. Country about Belgaum.-— 
It is a handsome tree. The seeds afford an oil suitable for burning. Itis 
a native also of the Society Islands. 
624. SAPIUM. Rox. Monoecia Monadelphia. 
Said to be derived from Sap, the Celtic for fat; in allusion to the unctuous 
juice with which the plants abound. Lam. ¢. 792. 
1312. S. Inpicum. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 692. Bengieri. Rheed. Mal. 4, 
t. 51. Hamilt. in Linn. Trans. 17. p. 229. 
A small tree, with pendulous branches, sometimes ending in thorns; leaves 
alternate, lanceolate, serrate; male flowers on terminal aments, with female 
flowers at the base. Fruit round, hard, size of a nutmeg; 3 celled, with a seed 
in each. Various parts in the S. Concan. N. 
Roxburgh says, the juice of this tree is of a very poisonous nature, and that 
the seeds are used for intoxicating fish. 
1313. 8. Sepirerum. Rox, Flora. Ind. 3. p. 693. Stillingia sebifera. Willd. 
4, p. 588. Croton sebiferum. Linn. Pluk. Amalth. ¢. 390 jf: 3, Ainslie Mat. 
Ind. 2. p. 433. 
Pippal yank. Tallow tree, of China.—A tree; branches drooping, leaves 
rhomb-ovate, pendulous; flowers very small, yellow: in terminal racemes. 
Fruit size of a small cherry, tricoccous; very hard. 
In a garden at the Police Office, Mazagaum. Poway, Salsette; probably 
introdued from China; it is rare in Bombay. Ata distance, this tree much 
resembles the Birch. 
1314. S. Baccatum? Rox. Flora. Ind. 8. p. 694. 
Keerud.—A small tree, with thick spreading branches; leaves dceiduous in 
the cold weather, Flowers in January; in terminal racemes; when the tree is 
destitute of leaves. Fruit purple, size of a pea; growing in a close spike and 
resembling Dog berries (Cornus sanguinea.) strung together, The wood of 
this tree is very soft, and abounds in a thick milky juice. 
Common at Kandalla;—about Nassick. (Dr, Gibson.) 
