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obtuse; follicles oblong, large, six inches long, 2 inches thick. In 

 the Concans; comnaon even in the Deccan. Syn. Peltauthera 

 solanacea, Roth, no v. sp. p 132; Echites dichotoma, Uoxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, p 19. 



6. WRIGHTIA, R. Br. 



•I. ToMENTOSA, Rcem. and Schult. syst. iv, p 414. — A small 

 tree ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated at the base, 

 pubescent, with dark-coloured tomentum; corymbs dense, rigid, 

 terminal ; flowers yellowish ; foUicles 8 to 9 inches long, scabrous. 

 Very common on the Northern Ghauts. Yields a yellow juice, 

 which may be serviceable as a dye. Syn. Nerium tomentosum, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 6; W tomentosa, Wight Ic. 443; W pubescens, 

 Roth, no v. sp. 120 and 397. Native name " Kala Inderjow." 



2. TiNCTORiA, Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 73. — A small tree ; 

 leaves elhptic-lanceolate and ovate, obtusely acuminated, glabrous, 

 membranaceous, panicles terminal, lax, many-flowered ; flowers 

 white, fragrant, appear in April ; follicles very long and slender, 

 pendulous, as thick as a quill. Jungles south of Nagotna, and 

 many other places. The wood of this tree is remarkably white and 

 close-grained, coming nearer to ivory than any other I know of, 

 Roxb. Indigo is made from the leaves and tender branches. 

 Native name " Kala Koora." 



3. Wallichii. — A shrub ; leaves elliptic-obovate, acute at the 

 base, obtusely acuminated, covered all over with dark-brown 

 tomentum ; calycine lobes broadly ovate-rounded ; scales inside 

 ovate-rounded, half the length of the lobes ; flowers and follicles 

 very like those of Tomentosa. In the Warree Country, very 

 common ; a native also of Burmah. 



7. HOLARRHENi*, R. Br. 



1 . Antidysenterica, Wall, list No. 1672.— A shrub ; branches, 

 leaves, and peduncles glabrous ; leaves elliptic, very obtuse at the 

 base, acute or abruptly acuminated at the apex; cymes many- 

 flowered, terminal ; flowers puberuious, white, appear in April and 

 IVlay; follicles I foot long. Very common in the Concans. Syn. 

 Chonemorpha antidysenterica, Don. Gen. syst. Gard. iv, p 79 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 439. This plant furnishes the officinal Conessi bark, 

 used in fever and diarrhoea, and which contains an uncrystallisal^le 

 alkaloid. Native name " Dowla Koora." 



8. A ESTONIA, R. Br. 



1. ScHOLARis, Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 75. — A large spreading 

 tree; leaves in verticels of 5 to 7, obovate-oblong, acute at the 

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