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Canarium strictiun of Southern Hindustan. A large Terebinthoid tree called in Tamil " con- 

 gilium-marum," in Malabar "thelly" (Drur.) ; its resin, distinguished as black dammer, known from 

 early times : — observed by Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury, from the mountain "forests about Courtal- 



the Samoan Islands. Westward, by Roxburgh, and Wight, in Hindustan ; by Nimmo, in "S. Con- 

 can" (Graham), nearly as far as Bombay. 



Gordonia ebtusa of the mountains of Southern Hindustan. A beautiful Camellioid tree called 

 " nagetta " (Drur.) ; its beech-like timber much used from early times : — observed by Wallich, Wight, 

 and Beddome, "common on the Neilgherries, Wynaad, and Western Ghauts of Madras from twenty- 

 five hundred to seventy-five hundred feet" in elevation (Drur.). 



Cleyera gymnantltera of the mountains of Southern Hindustan. A large Camellioid tree, its 

 timber from early times valued by the natives as strong and durable : — observed by Wight " common 

 about Ootacamund" on the Neilgherries (Drur.). 



Hugonia mystax of Ceylon and Southern Hindustan. A yellow-flowered shrub ten to fifteen 

 feet high called in Tamil "agoore," in Malabar " modera canni " (Drur.) ; and from early times, its 

 root employed in snake-bites and for other medicinal purposes: — observed by Rheede ii. pi. 19 in 

 Malabar ; by Drury, " commonly met with in Travancore ; " by Wight, as far as Coromandel ; and is 

 known to grow on Ceylon (Pers.). 



Euonymus crenulatus of the mountains of Southern Hindustan. A small tree, its close-grained 

 box-like wood known from early times : —observed by Wallich, Wight, and Beddome, on the Neil- 

 gherries, Pulneys, and Western Ghauts, its wood may be used ''for wood-engraving" (Drur.). 



Sarcostigma Kleinii of Southern Hindustan. A Hernandioid woody climber; its oil, called 

 "adul" or " odul " (Drur.), from early times much used on the Western coast for rheumatism : — 

 observed by Wight pi. 1854 in Travancore (madr. exh. rep., and Drur.). 



Euphorbia cattimandoo of Southern Hindustan. A shrub or small tree called in Telinga "catti- 

 mandu " (Drur.) ; and from early times, its juice used as a vesicant, and when boiled as a cement : — 

 observed by VV. Elliot at Vizagapatam, the boiled juice "sold in the bazaar" (Wight pi. 1993). 



Clcistaiithus patuais of Southern Hindustan. A large Euphorbiaceous tree called in Telinga 

 "jiguru" (Drur.) : and its hard durable timber known from early times : —observed by Roxburgh 

 cor. pi. 170, and Wight, at Courtallum and on the Circar mountains (Drur ). 



Maairanga Jn.uca of Southern Hindustan. A peltate-leaved Euphorbiaceous tree called in 

 Tamil " vuttathamaray," in Malabar " putta-thamara " (Drur.); and known from early times: — 

 observed by Wight, and Drury, on the Neilgherries and in Travancore, its gum little known but 

 affording superior impressions of leaves coins and medallions. 



Macaraii^a tomentosa, growing also in Travancore, exudes a similar gum (Drur.). 



Zizypkus glabrata of Southern Hindustan. An unarmed tree twenty feet high called in Tamil 

 " carookoova," in Telinga " kakoopala " (Drur.) ; and from c-arlv times, its leaves used medicinally : — 

 growing in Mysore, and observed by Ainslie, Roxburgh, and Wight pi. 2X2, a decoction of its leaves 

 given in cachexia (Drur.). 



Gluta Travancorica of Southern Hindustan. A large Terebinthoid tree called in Tamil " shen- 

 kurani" (Drur.), its fine-grained timber known from early times : — observed by Beddome on the 

 Tinnevelly mountains and in Travancore, its wood taking a good polish and "well adapted for furni- 

 ture " (Drur.). 



Acacia sundra of Southern Hindustan. A tree twenty to thirty feet high called in Tamil 

 '•karungali,"in Telinga "sundra" (Drur.); and from early times, its very hard°and durable timber 

 preferred by the natives for house-posts : — observed by Roxburgh cor. i'ii. pi. 225. Wight, and Bed- 

 dome, from the Bombay Presidency and Mysore to Travancore and the Northern'Circars, 'abundant, 

 a tree much resembling A. catechu, and yielding a similar resin. 



Acrocarpus fraxinifolins of Southern Hindustan. A large Leguminous tree, deciduous-leaved, 

 and called in Tamil " mallay-kone," by the Burghers on the Neilgherries " kilingi " (Drur.); its' 

 flesh-coloured light timber from early times used for building and furniture: —observed by Wight, 

 Beddome, and Drury, on the Travancore mountains and Western Ghauts and in South Canara, a tree 

 of rapid growth, largely used for shingles in Coorg and hence called shingle tree. 



Casalpinia digyna of Southern Hindustan. From early times, an oil for lamps expressed from 

 its seeds: — observed in Southern Hindustan by Rottler, and Wight (Steud , Graham, and Drur.). 



Terminaliii conaa-aoi the Coromandel mountains. A large tree called in Tamil " kara-maradoo," 

 in Canara "mutti" (Drur.) ; and from early times, much used for the solid wheels of buffalo-carts, 

 its wood being heavy hard and strong : — observed on the Coromandel mountains b v Roxburgh and 

 Wight (Drur.). & 



Lobelia nuotianifolia of the mountains of Southern Hindustan and Ceylon. A stout annual 



