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from sap. the Celtic for fat, in allusion to the unctuous juice with 

 which the plants abound. 



7. S Sebiferum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, 693; Stillingia sebifera, 

 WiUd. 4, p 588 ; Croton sebiferum, Linn. Pluk. Amal. t. 390, /. 3 j 

 Ainslie Nat. Ind. 2, p433. — Willaittee Peepul ; Talim Trag, China. 

 A tree, with drooping branches; leaves rhomb-obovate, pen- 

 dulous ; flowers yellow, in terminal drooping racemes; fruit size of 

 a small cherry, very hard ; seeds covered with a vegetable tallow, 

 which gives the name to the tree. In our climate this appears in 

 too small quantity to be turned to any useful purpose. Gardens 

 at Dapoorie and Hewra ; not common. 



XTLOPHYLLA, Tripentandria Trigynia, Linn. C5en. 1299; 

 Bot. Reg. <. 373 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1021 and 2652. Name derived 

 from the position of the flowers and fruit. 



8. X Falcata. — Native of the Bahama Islands; leaves linear 

 lanceolate subfalcate ; flowers fasciculated on the crenulee of the 

 leaves, unisexual. Gardens at Dapoorie, Hewra, and Sewree. 



CROTON, Moncecia Monadelphia. Name derived from the 

 Greek for a tick, which the seeds of some of the species resemble. 



9. C Vauiegatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p 678 ; Rheede-Mal. 6, 

 t. 61 ; Rumph. Amb. 4, t. 25 and 26, /. 2 ; Bot. Mag. 305 1 ; Bot. 

 Cab. t. 870. — A. very common, ornamental shrub, in gardens and 

 flower-pots. It is easily raised from cuttings. There is a broad- 

 leaved and a yellow-leaved variety, the latter conspicuous for the 

 greater quantity of yellow colouring in its leaves. 



J ATROPHA, Moncecia Monadelphia. From jatron, a remedy ; 

 and phago, to eat ; some of the species possessing medicinal pro- 

 perties, and others affording food. Tourn. Inst. t. 438 ; Gaert. Fr. t. 

 108; Lam. «. 791. 



10. J CurCas, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p 686; Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2, 

 p 45 ; As. Res. 1 1, p 169 ; Jacq. 3, t. 63. — A shrub, now very com- 

 mon over the country, though originally a native of Brazil ; used 

 as a hedge plant throughout the Concans. The nuts afford a good 

 burning oil iti some quantity, and it is this oil which, boiled with 

 Oxyde of Iron, forms a varnish much used by the Chinese. The 

 fresh juice of the stem when dried forms an elegant lac-like substance, 

 which may be yet applied in the arts. 



11. J Manihot, Willd. 5, p 563; Janipha manihot, Spr. syst. 

 3,77; Pluk. Aim. p 205, f. 1; Sloanes Jam. 1, t. 85, /. 141; 

 Ainslie Mat. Ind. 1, p 428 ; Bot. Mag. t 3071.— The tapioca, 

 a native of Brazil, and Cassada plant, West Indies, has been 

 introduced by the Portuguese via Goa, and from thence has spread 

 into gardens, where it is now not uncommon. About 22 years ago 

 attempts were made by the Agri. and Horticultural Society to ex- 

 tend its growth as a plant useful for food, but the experiment, as 



