728 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



goo " (Drur.), and known from early times : — growing according to Beddome, and Drury, in the 

 forests of the Western Ghauts and from Coorg and Mysore to Travancore, not in dry deciduous 

 woods, but only in the damp jungles of the Western coast, and furnishing the genuine poon spars of 

 commerce, so highly prized. 



nerat, on the seashore of the Moluccas and New Guinea (Pers.). The excrescences according to 

 Drury are spindle-shaped, sometimes " two feet long and three and a half inches wide," and when 

 sawn into little boards are unequalled for lining insect-boxes. 



Lagerstroemia iiiicrocarpa of Western Hindustan. A large Lythraceous tree called in Tamil 

 " ventek " or " veveyla '•' (Drur.) ; and from early times, its timber much used for building purposes : — 

 observed by Wight pi. 109, and Beddome pi. 30, "abundant in all the western forests of the Madras 

 Presidency," but "not on the eastern side" (Drur.). The "naneh," with flowers in terminal panicles 

 and fruit of the size of a pea, observed by Graham in the " Kennery forests " near Bombay and " com- 

 mon on the Ghauts," seems identical. 



Conocarpus latifolius of Western Hindustan. A large Terminalioid tree called in Tamil " vecke- 

 lie " or " vallay-naga," in Telinga " yella-maddi " or "siri-maun" (Drur.), in the environs of Bombay 

 "daura" or "dabria" (Graham) ; and from early times, its timber considered almost equal to teak 

 for house and ship building, its leaves used for dyeing leather, and its ashes in demand in the diet of 

 certain wild tribes of the Neilgherry forests : — observed by Gibson, and Graham, from the " Kennery 

 forests " near Bombay to " the inland Deccan hills," common ; by Powell, in the Punjaub ; by Rox- 

 burgh, Wallich, and Wight, as far as the Circar mountains and Dheyra Dhoon (Drur.). 



Notonia grandifiora of Western Hindustan. A shrubby yellow-flowered Composite plant, known 

 from early times : — said by Gibson " to be a remedy in hydrophobia," and observed in "high rocky 

 places in the Deccan ; " by Wight, and Drury, on the Neilgherries and as far South as Travancore. 



Hoya pcmlula of Western Hindustan. A woody Asclepioid twiner, from early times much used 

 medicinally : — observed by Rheede ix. pi. 13 in Malabar ; by Dickinson, on "hills about Nagotna," 

 and by Nimmo in "S. Concan " (Graham) ; by Roxburgh, and Wight, from the Neilgherries to the 

 Circar mountains (Drur.). 



Holoslemma Rheeaii of Western Hindustan. A perennial twining Asclepioid called in Malabar 

 "ada-kodien," in Telinga "palla-gurgi " (Drur.); and from early times, employed medicinally, and its 

 flowers eaten: — observed by Rheede ix. pi. 7 in Malabar; by Nimmo, and Graham, "running up 

 trees and in hedges " in the environs of Bombay, "common in the rains ; " by Roxburgh, Wight, and 

 Drury, from the Covalum jungles near Trevandrum to Mysore and the Circars, or "from the southern- 

 most province to the base of the Himalaya " 



Cryptostegia grandiflora of Western Hindustan. A woody Asclepioid twiner with showy rose- 

 coloured flowers, called in Malabar "palay" (Drur.); and known from early times : — observed by 

 Graham " in gardens Bombay ; " by Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury. in Malabar and Coromandel, yield- 

 ing a fibre that "may be spun into the finest yarn," also caoutchouc in sufficient quantity to be "pre- 

 pared for rubbing out pencil-marks." 



Exacum bicolor of Western Hindustan. A showy Gentianoid annual, one to two feet high, and 

 from early times used as a febrifuge: — observed by Graham in the environs of Bombay, generally 

 "by the margins of rivulets;" by Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury, from the Neilgherries and Malabar 

 to Cuttack, the dried stems "sold at Mangalore and elsewhere in the Southern Peninsula under the 

 name of country karivat," and "may be advantageously substituted for" gentian. 



Schrebera swietenioides of Western Hindustan. A large pinnate-leaved Bignonioid tree, called 

 in Tamil "mogalinga marum," in Telinga " muccadi chettoo " (Drur.). in the environs of Bombay 

 '•mokha" or "mokadee" (Graham) ; and from early times, its hard close-grained wood, less liable to 



warp than most kinds, used for a variety of purposes and especially for weaver's beams : observed 



by Heddle, and Giberne, " on the Hala hills west of the Indus, also on the Tullghaut near Bhawndy," 

 by Nimmo at Jowaur (Graham) ; by Roxburgh cor. ii. pi. 101, on the Circar mountains (Drur.). 



Bignonia (Spalhodea) Roxtntighii of Western Hindustan. A large pinnate-leaved tree called in 

 the environs of Bombay •• warms " (Graham) ; and from early times, its timber used for a variety of 

 purposes : — observed by Aulcl in Kandesh, by Lush, and Graham, from Bombay to the Ghauts, Maha- 

 bleshwar, and the Southern Mahratta country ; by Roxburgh, as far as Coromandel (Drur.). 



Convolvulus (Argyreia) Malabarica of Western Hindustan. A woody twiner called in Tamil 

 "paymoostey," in Malabar " kattu kalangu " (Drur.) ; and from early times, its root and leaves em- 

 ployed medicinally: — observed by Rheede xi. pi. 51 in Malabar; by Graham, near Bombay and 

 "pretty common on the Ghauts ; " by Ainslie, and Roxburgh, as far as Mysore (Drur.). 



Solatium trilobatum of Western Hindustan. A prickly woody climber called in Tamil " tooda- 

 vullay," in Telinga " moondla moosteh " or "oochinta kura " (Drur.); and from early times its leaves 



