OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 729 



Buchanania anguslifolia of Western Hindustan. A Terebinthoid tree called in Tamil "colah 

 mavuh " (Drur.) ; and from early times on the Western coast, its bark much used for its adhesive 

 properties and oil for lamps obtained from it: — observed by Graham in "the Adjunta jungles ; " by 

 Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury, as far as the Trichore forests where it "is common," the bark "fre- 

 quently mixed with chunam." 



Poinciana data of Tropical Arabia and as far as Guzerat. A small unarmed tree with showy 

 yellow flowers, called in Yemen " ranf " or "mschillech" (Forsk.), in Tamil "pade rarayan," in 

 Canara " neerangi," in Telinga " sooncaishla " (Drur.) ; and known from early times : — observed by 

 Lush "in Goozerat," by Gibson "in the square of the great temple at Fultun," by Auld in "gardens 

 Kandesh" (Graham) ; by Best, its leaves much used at Cuddapah for manuring indigo-fields; by 

 Wight, and Drury, planted for its shade on roadsides, and for protecting " the footings of rivers and 

 channel banks," from Malabar to Coromandel. Westward, was observed by Forskal p. 86 among 

 the mountains of Yemen ; by myself, in mountain-ravines at Aden. 



Portulaca quadrifida of Tropical Arabia and Hindustan. Annual, procumbent from a central 

 root, and called in Yemen " mortah '' or " koraat errai " (Forsk.), in Tamil " passelie keeray," in Mala- 

 bar "neelacheera," in Telinga "sun pail kura," on the Deccan "cholee" (Drur.); and from early 

 times, eaten and employed medicinally: — observed by Rheede x. pi. 31 in Malabar; by Graham, 

 "a common weed during the rains" in the environs of Bombay; by Roxburgh, and Wight, in other 

 parts of the peninsula (Drur.). Westward, by Forskal p. 92 in Yemen, eaten crude and the bruised 

 leaves applied in headache. P. meiidiana, with flowers opening for two hours only, is regarded by 

 Wight as probably not distinct. 



Cassyta filifonnis of Tropical Asia, the Malayan archipelago, and islands of the Pacific. A green- 

 stemmed dodder-like epiphytic plant called in Yemen "djdha" or "hadeg modeq " (Forsk.), in Tagalo 

 "malabohoc" (Blanco), in Tamil "cottan," in Bengalee "akash-bulli," in Telinga "pauneh-tiga" 



eaten, and together with the berries flowers root and tender shoots employed medicinally : — observed 

 by Gibson "in Guzerat and a few parts of the Deccan" (Graham) ; by N. L. Burmann pi. 22, Ainslie, 

 Roxburgh, and Wight, as far as Cape Comorin (Drur.). 



Justicia (Rungia) repens of Western Hindustan. A diffuse plant called in Tamil "kadaga saleh '' 

 (Drur.) ; and from early times, its leaves in appearance and taste resembling those of thyme employed 

 medicinally : — observed by Graham in the environs of Bombay, "appearing in the rains;" by Ainslie, 

 Roxburgh, Wallich, and Wight, in other parts of the peninsula ; and received by Burmann pi. 3 from 

 Ceylon. 



Fiats nilida of Western Hindustan. A tree ; its root and leaves from early times boiled in oil 

 and applied to wounds and bruises: — observed by Rheede iii. pi. 55 in Malabar; by Graham, in "the 

 Concans," to and beyond Bombay ; is described also by Rumphius iii. pi. 90. 



Dioscoica triphylla of Western Hindustan. Called in the environs of Bombay " mar-chaina " 

 (Graham) ; and from early times, its intoxicating intensely-bitter root put into toddy to increase its 



potency: observed by Rheede vii. pi. 33 in Malabar; by Nimmo, "common in both Concans" 



(Graham), to and beyond Bombay; and is termed "ubium sylvestre " by Rumphius v. pi. 128. 



Phoenix farinifcra of Western Hindustan. A diminutive slender-stemmed palm, only two to 

 three feet high, called in Tamil "eethie," in Malabar "eentha," in Telinga " chiruta-ita " (Drur.); and 

 from early times, its fruit eaten together with the farinaceous substance from its stem, and the leaflets 

 and petioles of its fronds made into mats and baskets: — observed by Roxburgh cor. i. pi. 74, and 

 Drury, in Travancore and in " sandy situations and plains in the Deccan ; " is termed " p. pusilla " by 

 Loureiro fSteud.). 



Pontederia vaginalis of Tropical Eastern Asia. Called in Tagalo " calaboa " (Blanco), in Bur- 

 mah " lav-pa-douk " (Mason), in Malabar "carimgola" (Rheede) ; and known from early times : — 

 observed by Rheede xi. pi. 44 in Malabar; by Nimmo, and Graham, to and beyond Bombay, "rice- 

 fields and margins of tanks, Concans;" by Roxburgh, in other parts of Hindustan; by Mason, in 

 Burmah ; by Blanco, on the Philippines, employed medicinally by the natives ; and is described by 



.Rumphius vi. pi. 75. 



Tradescantia cristata of Tropical Eastern Asia and the Malayan archipelago. Called in Tagalo 

 "alicbangon," and from early times used medicinally on the Philippines — (Blanco) : observed by 

 Graham in the environs of Bombay, "the most common of" its tribe, "during the rains ; " received 

 by Linnaeus, and Jacquin hort. pi. 137, from Ceylon; and observed by Blanco on the Philippines. 



Aneihma tuberosum of Western Hindustan. A stemless Cyanotoid perennial, its tubers from 

 early times employed medicinally : — termed " commelyna scapiflora " by Roxburgh ; observed also by 

 Buchanan, Wallich, Royle, Dalzell, and Powell, from the Punjaub to the " Southern Concan " (Drur.) 



beyond Bombay. 



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