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Poona to Kandalla, just west of the Wurgaum bungalow. The 

 difference of the habit and leaves of the two species is at once 

 apparent. The bark of the indigenous species is of some account 

 as a febrifuge. From both a very fine charcoal is obtained ; it 

 has been tried as a base for gunpowder, which is more free from 

 various neutral salts than is that made from other charcoal, but 

 on this account the strength of the powder is inferior, though 

 considerably superior as regards long preservation without deterio- 

 ration of quality. 



LXXXV.— MYRICE.i:. 



THE GALE TRIBE, Lind. Nat. Syst. p 100. 



CASUARINA, Monoecia Monandria. — Name taken from Rum- 

 phius, who probably gave it in allusion to the resemblance the 

 foliage bears to the plumage of the Cassowary. 



1. C MuRiCATA. — The Casuarinatree. TinianPine, now com- 

 mon about Bombay. In sandy or river soil it grows rapidly, 

 assuming a graceful appearance resembling the Fir, more especially 

 in the mournful-like sound of the wind as it passes through the 

 leaves. A very fine tree is to be seen at the Cooperage, Bombay. 

 The Chinese prisoners have pointed out to us that in their country 

 a decoction of the bark is used as an astringent in bowel-complaints, 

 and from some trials we have made we think this assertion is 

 most fully borne out. 



2. C Equisetifolia, Rumph. Amb. 3, t. 57. — This species 

 has linear leaves, much longer than the last, and altogether droop- 

 ing, which gives it a much more striking appearance than C 

 muricata. It is much less hardy, and often dies out, hence rare to 

 be seen in gardens. 



LXXXVI.— CONIFERS. 



THE FIR TRIBE, Lind. Nat. Syst. p 247. 



PODOCARPUS, L'Her, Moncecia Monadelphia. From pons, 

 the foot ; and karpos, fruit; in allusion to the stalk of the fruit. 



1. P Elongatus, Spr. s?/st 3, 889 ; Taxus elongata, Thunb. — 

 A tall, erect-growing shrub, with subverticelled branches, and linear 

 lanceolate leaves. Parell and Dapoorie gardens. '1 hough many 

 years in the gardens, it has not flowered. It is a native of the Cape. 



THUJA, Linn., Monoecia Monadelphia. 



2. T Orientalis, Roxb. Fl. 3, 653 ; Chinese Arbor-Vitae, Lam. 

 lUust. it. 787,/. 2; Gaert. 2, f. 91,/. 2; Lour. Cochin China 2, 



