1869.] Notes on the Flora of Manlhum. 121 



Cochlospermum gossypiuni, DC 



Dillenia pentagyna, Roxb. 



Sterculia urens, Roxb. 



Chickrassia tabularis, A. Juss. 



Zizyphus rugosa, Lam ? 



Nauclea parvifolia, Roxb. 



Hymenodictyon thyrsiflorum, Wall. 



Flacourtia cataphracta, Roxb. 



Spermodictyon azurea. 



Nyctantlies arbor tristis L. 



Celastrus paniculatus, Willd. 



Dalbergia latifolia, Roxb. 



Albizzia procera, Bth. 



Acacia tomentosa, Willd. 



Ficus parasitica, Koen. 



Hibiscus vitrifolius, L. 



Helicteres Isora, L. 



Butea superba, Roxb. 



Grrewia hirsuta, Vhl. 



G — elastica, Royle. 



Flemingia strobilifera, R. Br. 



nana, Roxb. 



Desmodium latifolium, D'C. 

 The useful plants of Manbhum may be classified into those yielding : 



Food, Drugs, Fibres, Dyes, Lac, Oil, and Timber. 

 Food. I have in a previous communication to the Society* shewn 

 what a large number of jungle products are used as articles of food ; 

 and that a considerable portion of the poorer natives derive from them 

 their principal subsistence during several months of the year. 



Drugs. A large number of the well-known drugs of India occur 

 in Manbhum ; of others, some of which are possibly peculiar to that 

 part of the country, I have made a small collection, but am unable 

 to say whether they really are equal to their reputed virtues. 



In making enquiries on these subjects, I have often been struck 

 with the curious contrasts of the deep knowledge possessed of the 

 specific virtues of certain plants, and the dense ignorance and supersti- 

 * J. A. S. B. 1867, Vol. XXXYI. Pt. II. No. II. p. 73. 



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