OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 739 



with " tyfl " pustules. Eastward, was observed by Ainslie, Retz, and Roxburgh, in Mysore and 

 the peninsula, its leaves in infusion prescribed by Hindu physicians "as a stomachic in dyspeptic 

 affections and cholera" (Drur.). 



early times, its beautiful flowers offered in temples, and its hard durable timber much used : — 

 observed by Rheede viii. pi. 24 in Malabar ; by Graham, near Bombay, and " on the Ghauts pretty 

 common ; " by Ainslie, Roxburgh, Wight, and Beddome, as far as Coromandel and Silhet. 



Bignonia suberosa of Southern Hindustan and Burmah. An ornamental tree, its firm close- 

 grained wood known from early times, and its cracked spongy bark used as an inferior substitute 

 for cork: — growing from Tanjore to Madras and Courtallum (Roxb., and Drur.) ; but at Bombay, 

 observed by Graham only "in gardens" and planted for ornament, Eastward, was observed by 

 Mason in Burmah, enumerated as indigenous. From transported specimens, is termed " millingtonia 

 hortensis " by the younger Linnaeus. 



Bignonia xylocarpa of Tropical Hindustan. A large tree with bipinnate deciduous leaves, called 

 in Tamil "vadencarni" (Drur.), in the environs of Bombay "khursing" or "khursingee" (Graham), 

 at Daung in Kandesh " bairsingee " (Auld) ; its wood from early times used for cabinet purposes, 

 and its tender pods eaten : — observed by Auld, Graham, and others, in the " Concans," on the 

 Ghauts and in other parts of the district around Bombay; by Roxburgh, and Beddome, common "in 

 almost all the Madras forests " and from Mysore to Bengal (Drur.). 



Evolvulus alsinoides of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A creeping prostrate herb called 

 "vishnugarandi" (Burm.), in Tamil " vistnoo-krandie," in Telinga " vistnoo-krandum," in Malabar 

 " vistna-clandi " (Drur.) ; and from early times, reputed a sovereign remedy in dysentery : — observed 

 by Rheede xi. pi. 64 in Malabar ; by Graham, near Bombay, and " very common on the plains of the 

 Deccan during the rains ; " by Burmann pi. 6, on Ceylon ; by Ainslie, and Roxburgh, as far as Ben- 

 gal ; and by Mason, in Burmah. 



Leucas aspera of Tropical Hindustan. A white-flowered Labiate annual, the juice of its leaves 

 from early times applied medicinally in cutaneous affections : — observed by Graham in the environs 

 of Bombay, its flowers "appear in the rains;" is termed "phlomis esculenta" by Roxburgh, was 

 also observed in other parts of Hindustan by Waring pharm. ind. (Drur.). 



Anisochiius carnosum of Tropical Hindustan and Burmih. A small Lavandula-like perennial 

 called in Tamil " karpuravalli," in Telinga '• roga-chettu " or "omamu," in Malabar "chomara" or 

 " kattu-kurrka " or " patu-kurrka," in Hindustanee " panjiri " (Drur.), in the environs of Bombay 

 "vova" (Graham) ; and from early times, its leaves and stems much employed medicinally: — 

 observed by Rheede x. pi. 90 in Malabar ; by Ainslie, Roxburgh, and Drury, in Mysore, and in 

 "clefts- of rocks among mountains in N. Circars ; " by Mason, in Burmah. 



Anisomaes ovata of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A Labiate annual three or four feet high 

 called in Malabar " tsjadaen " (Rheede) ; and from early times, an oil distilled from it used medicinally: 

 — observed by Rheede x. pi. 88 in Malabar ; by Graham, as far as Bombay ; by Roxburgh, and Wight, 

 in other parts of Hindustan ; by Burmann pi. 71, on Ceylon (Drur.) ; and by Mason, in Burmah. 



Clerodendrum serratitm of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A flowering ornamental shrub 

 called in Tamil "chiru-dekku," in Malabar " tsjeru-teka" (Drur), in the environs of Bombay "barun- 

 cree" (Graham) ; and from early times, its flowers and leaves eaten, and its root and seeds employed 

 medicinally: — observed by Rheede iv. pi. 29 in Malabar; by Nimmo, and Graham, from "Kandalla" 

 near Bombay " throughout the Mahal districts above the Ghauts ; " by Ainslie, Roxburgh, and Wight, 

 at Courtallum and its"root under the name of " gunta-bharinjie " largely exported from the Northern 

 Circars for medicinal purposes; and according to Drury is "cultivated in Travancore." Farther 

 East by Mason in Burmah, enumerated as indigenous. 



Gisekia pharnaceoides of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A Phytolaccoid herb ; from early 

 times employed as a powerful anthelmintic in cases of tapeworm : — observed by Nimmo in the 

 " Concans " (Graham), to and beyond Bombay ; by Roxburgh cor. pi. 183, Wight, Drury, and Low- 

 ther, " common in pasture-grounds all over the country ; " by Mason, in Burmah. From transported 

 specimens, described by Linnaeus. _ 



Tetranthera monopetala of Tropical Hindustan. A middling-sized Lauraceous tree, flowering 

 from the branches below the leaves, called in Bengalee "buro kookoorchitta," in Telinga "narra 

 mamadv" (Drur ), in the environs of Bombay "peesah" or " kalla jhar" (Graham) ; and from early 

 times its leaves given to silk-worms, its bark used medicinally, and oil for candles and ointment pro- 

 cured' from its berries: -observed by Powell in the Punjaub ; by Graham, "on Kandalla Ghaut 

 and the hills about Parr" in the Bombay district, the leaves having the "smell of cinnamon when 

 bruised ■ " by Ainslie, Roxburgh cor. ii. pi. .48, and Wallich, as far as Bengal and Oude 



Amaranthus camfiestris of Tropical Hindustan. From early times employed medicinally as demul- 



