OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 745 



lum in the Tinnevelly district " to Malabar, the Trichore forests, and Pulney hills, the resin sold along 

 the Canara coast. 



Lumnitzera racemosa of the seashore from Madagascar to Hindustan and Burmah. A Termi- 



called in Mahratta "boke-nul" or "deonul" (Drur.), and probably from its uses as a reed in incanta- 

 tions "dawul" (Gibson) ; from early times, its leaves used medicinally, and its dried hollow stalks 

 as koluri horns: — observed by Graham from Kandalla near Bombay to the Parr hills and Maha- 

 bleshwur ; by Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury, on the Neilgherries and as far as Canara and the moun- 

 tains of Ceylon. 9 



Conocarptis acurninatus of the Circar mountains. A large Terminalioid tree called in Telinga 

 "pachi-man" (Drur.); and from early times, its wood if kept dry almost equalling teak used for 

 house-building: — observed on the Circar mountains by Roxburgh, Wallich, and Wight. 



Gyrocarpns Asiaticus of Southern Hindustan. A large Terminalioid tree called in Telinga 

 " tanukoo " (Drur.) ; and from early times, its light timber preferred above all others for catama- 

 rans, used also for cowrie-boxes and toys : — observed by Law " on the banks of the Krishna near 

 Nalutwar" (Graham), in the Bombay district ; by Roxburgh cor. i. pi. 1, and Wallich rar. ii. 68, on 

 the mountains of Coromandel. 



Myrtus (Rhodomyrtus) tomentosa of Tropical Eastern Asia and the Malayan archipelago. A 

 shrub or small tree, its fruit eaten from early times : — according to Wight, and Drury, " common on 

 every part of the Neilgherries," also on Ceylon and Malacca, its ripe fruit "very palatable," much 

 like the gooseberry ; was observed by myself as far as Singapore ; by Loureiro, in Anam (Steud.) ; 

 is known to grow in China, where also its fruit is eaten and preserved. Transported to Europe and 

 North America, has become frequent in greenhouses. 



Zanonia Indica of Ceylon and Southern Hindustan. A Cucurbitaceous vine climbing over tall 

 trees and called in Malabar " penar-valli " (Drur.) ; its leaves from early times employed medici- 

 nally : — observed by Rheede viii. pi. 47 in Malabar ; by Wight, and Drury, at " Alwaye near Cochin," 

 and called bandolier fruit j and is known to grow on Ceylon (Pers.). 



Bryonia callosa of Southern Hindustan. A woody Cucurbitaceous climber called in Tamil 

 '■ toomutti," in Telinga ''boddama" (Drur.); and from early times, its seeds used as a vermifuge, 

 employed also in diseases of horses, and yielding an oil for the lamps of the poorer classes : — 

 observed by Rottler in Coromandel (Ainsl., and Drur.). 



Bryonia epigaea of Southern Hindustan. A woody Cucurbitaceous climber called in Tamil 

 "kolung kovay," in Telinga " akasa-gherooda," in Hindustanee " rakus " (Drur.); and from early 

 times, its root regarded as a remedy in snake-bites, used also for other medicinal purposes : — 

 observed by Rottler, Roxburgh, and Wight, in Coromandel, its root living in the air without water, 

 and well known in Mysore and on the Deccan (Ainsl., and Drur.). 



Blumea balsamifera of Tropical Eastern Asia and the Malayan archipelago. Suffruticose and 

 yellow-flowered, called in Tagalo and Pampango "sambon," in Ylocano "sobosob," in Bisaya "lalac- 

 dan " or '' lacad bulan " or " guitinguitin " or " gabuen " or " ayoban '' or " alibun " (Blanco) ; and 

 from early times employed medicinally : — observed by Nimmo in " the Concans," the bruised plant 

 smelling of camphor (Graham) ; growing also on Ceylon and in Assam, its taste pungent (Drur.); 

 " is in very general use among the Javanese and Chinese as an expectorant " (Horsf.) ; is termed 

 "baccharis salvia" by Loureiro, as observed in Anam, used there as stomachic, antispasmodic, and 

 emmenao-oo-ue ; was observed by Blanco on the Philippines, much used medicinally by the natives, and 

 regarded at Manila as a substitute for " salvia ; " by Rumphius vi. pi. 24, on the Moluccas (Drur.). 



Rhododendron arboreum of the mountains of the Punjaub and Southern Hindustan. A tree ; 

 from early times, a good subacid jelly made from its flowers : — observed by Stewart on the moun- 

 tains of the Punjaub ; by Wight, Hoffmeister, and Drury, on the " Neilgherries and other lofty 

 mountain-ranges," its young leaves according to Madden poisonous to cattle. 



Gaultheria Leschenaultii of the mountains of Southern Hindustan. A glabrous shrub, flowering 

 all the year, its berries blue, and known from early times : — observed by Wight, Drury, and Brough- 

 ton abounding on the Neilgherries, an oil procured from it identical with that from the Canadian G. 

 pro'cumbens. From transported specimens, described by Decandolle prodr. vii. 593 to 606. 



Isonandra acuminata of the mountains of Southern Hindustan. A Sapotoid tree eighty to 

 ninety feet high, rising to a great height before branching, called in Tamil " pali " or " pauley," in 

 Malabar " pashonti " or " pauchootee " (Drur); and known from early times :— observed by Las- 

 celles in 1850 in the Wynaad forests, by Cullen, and Cleghorn, from the Travancore forests to Coorg 

 and the Annamallay mountains and on the Eastern and Western Ghauts to the elevation of " three 

 thousand feet," its exudation bearing some resemblance to the gutta percha of commerce (Drur.) ; 

 by Dalzell fl- bom. as far as the Bombay district. 



Diospyros calycina of Southern Hindustan. Called there " vellay toveray " (Drur.); and its 



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