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Capsee.—Kurgool. A middle-sized shrub, with broad lanceolate, acu= 
minate leaves, serrated. white beneath; and beautifully netted and pitted. 
Flowers in January and February from the naked stems; fruit yellow: some 
what resembling a mulberry. . 
Grows in the ravine below the Burial ground at Mahableshwur; also by 
the side ofthe road teadmg to Mahableshwur village;—not common. 
The plant here referred to, seems in no wise to differ from the W est 
India one. 
~ Whatis Roxburgh’s Caturus spiciflorus? Rumph. Amb. 4. ¢. 87. f. 1 and 2. 
643. GNETUM. cL. Monoecia Monadelphia: 
Altered from Gnemon, the Ternate name of one of the species. 
13852. G. Scanpens. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 518. Ula. Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 22. 
Gnemon funicularis. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 7 and 8. Thoa edulis. Willd. Spec. 
4. p. 477. : ; 
Koombul. Omblee.— A large scandent shrub. Young shoots round, smooth, 
jointed, and swelled at the insertion of the leaves. Leaves opposite, oblong, 
polished, Flowers in curious aments; appear in March and April: fruit 
oblong, size of a small plum. The pulp is intermixed with stinging hairs 
like those on the capsule of Sterculia urens. 
Grows in Lanowlee grove near Kandalla;—the ravines at Parr, and pro- 
bably along the Ghauts. It looks very ornamental, with the smooth, jointed 
stems, and firm glossy leaves. Both Concans. N, 
Botanists have not yet determined what natural order it belongs to. 
There is ascandent milky shrub in Dr. Mclennan’s compound, on the 
Esplanade, with large alternate leaves, and curious dingy white, fragrant 
flowers growing from the stem, something like small heads of cauliflower. 
It perhaps belongs to the Urticeae, or some allied order, Urtica globulifer? 
S, Concan. N. 
The well known and useful Hop plant, belongs to this order. 
ORDER 126. ULMACEZ:. 
Tue Exo Taie. Lind. nat. syst. p. 93. 
644. ULMUS. L. Pentandria Digynia. 
Said to he derived from the Celtic- name ofthe Elm tree, Gaert. ¢. 49. 
Lam. t. 185. 
1353. U.IntTecriroitiA. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 68. Rox. Cor. 1: ¢. 78. 
Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 931. 
Woula. Keul. Papura.—Indian Elm.—A large tree, the timber of which 
is applied to the same purposes as thatof its Congener, the English Elm;— 
viz. making Carts, Door Frames, &c. The leaves are deciduous in October. 
- Flowers in February and March; at which period also the young leaves bevin 
to appear, Malabar hill, Bombay. Common in the forests about Nagotnah 
and at Kandalla.—Salsetie, N. 
In the Southeru Mahratta Country. (Mr. Law.) In the Kandesh Jungles, 
about Daung. (Lieutenant Auld.) 
This is one of the trees, in the forks of the branches of which, the natives 
lodge their straw, and unthrashed grain; to keep it out of the way of cattle, 
and may bring to mind Cowper's Thrasher: — 
—-——‘“‘ The grove receives us next, 
.Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms, 
We may discern the thrasher at his task.” 
Cowper’s Task. 
Buchanan says, itiscommon on the Ghauts near Arcot. (Journey in My- 
sore.) ; 
