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1 . E TiTHYMALOiDES, Willd. 2, p 890 ; Jacq. Amer. t. 92 *, 

 Pluk. Aim. t. 230, /. 2 ; Dill. Elth. t. 288, /. 372 ; Ainslie 

 Mat. Ind. 2, p 99. — A small unarmed slirub, about 3 feet high, 

 with fleshy leaves, deciduous in the cold weather, and small red 

 flowers of a slipper-like shape. It is commonly used as a border- 

 ing for walks. 



2. E Splendens. — Native of Terra Caliente of South America; 

 shrubby ; stem variously twisted, obovate, often spathulate ; 

 leaves whorled ; flowers of a vivid red. This ornamental plant was 

 introduced within the last ten years. 



3. E TiRucALLi, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2, p 470 ; Tirucalli, Rheed. 

 Mai. t. 44 ; Ossifiaga lactea, Rumph. Amb. 7, t. 29 ; Pluk. Phyt. 

 t. 319, p 6. — The common smooth Milk-Bush ; grows to the height 

 of about 20 feet; it is much used as a hedge-plant, and, though 

 unarmed, makes a good fence, as cattle avoid it from fear of the 

 acrid juice. The older plants are often preserved for rafters, as 

 the wood is strong, and not liable to attacks of worms. 



4. PoiNSKTTiA PuLCHEERiMA. — This plant also has been intro- 

 duced within the last 12 years, and is so easily propagated from 

 cuttings, that it is to be found in every garden. The deep crimson 

 of the terminal bracteas, as contrasted with the yellow flowers, and 

 the bright green of the other parts of the plant, render it at once 

 recognisable ; leaves grossly serrate, regularly cross-veined. 



ALEURITES, Moncecia Monadelphia. 



5. A Triloba, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p 629; Caimrium, Rumph. 

 Amb. 2, t. 58 ; C cordifolium, Gaert. Fr. 2, t. 25. — Japhal, 

 Bengal Walnut. A large tree; leaves petioled, cordate-entire or 

 scolloped, frequently 3 or 5-lobed, from 5 to 8 inches long, and 

 nearly as broad ; flowers small, white, in terminal panicles ; fruit 

 roundish, somewhat compressed, pointed, very hard, 2-celled, each 

 cell containing a nut like a walnut, but much inferior in flavour. 

 In gardens, Bombay; said to grow wild about Belgaum, but this 

 we consider very doubtful ; at all events it is found in gardens 

 there. We have not seen it either flourish or jiroduce fruit to the 

 north of Belgaum. 



HURA, Moncecia Monadelphia. The South American name. 

 Lam. Illust. t. 793. 



6. H Crepitans, Spr. syst. 3, p 884; Lam. Illust. t. 793.— The 

 Sand-Box tree; native of West Indies ; a small armed tree, having 

 a few prickles on the stem. The fruit is like a finely turned sand- 

 box, round and oblate. When fully ripe, the numerous valves 

 burst with a loud noise, hence the name. The sap of the leaves 

 and bark are corrosive; flowers in red pyramidal aments in the 

 retroverted calyx. 



SAPIUM, Roxb., Moncecia Monadelphia. Said to be derived 



