MYSOSE AtiTD COOH^. 197 



it is never abundant in any one place. The pain 

 arising from the sting of a centipede is quickly 

 allayed by rubbing a seed to powder, and applying 

 the latter to the affected part in the form of a paste. 

 The scandent species, S. colubrina, Linn, and 

 S. Dakellii, Clarke, should also be found on the 

 -western boundary of Mysore. Excepting that it 

 requires a slightly cooler situation, the treatment of 

 S. potatorum, in cultivation, is the same as for 

 number 397. 

 399 Buddleia asiatica, Lom. 



■Pig.—Bot. Mag. t. 6323; Wight. III. t. 165; 

 Wight Ic. t. 894. 



An attractive shrub or small tree of the higher 

 evergreen range. Useful in gardens, where it keeps 

 in blossom for 2 — 3 months. The small tubular 

 flowers — white in colour — are rather densely packed 

 in simple or branched racemes. The latter appear 

 mostly at the ends of the branches, and are sweetly 

 scented. 



LI. BORAGINE^. 



400 Cordia Myxa, Linn. Kan. Soiie, Chotte, Kendal, 



Kendala, Chella ? Challe ? 



Fig.-Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 245, fig. A.; Wight Ill.t. 169. 

 References-— Dic^. of Econ. Prod, of Ind. ; 

 Fl. of Brit. Ind. 



A deciduous tree of ugly form and middle size. 

 There are three local varieties known respectively 

 as hadu solle, hempu solle, and solle Jcendal. These 

 are determined by the size, form, and colour of the 

 fruit, the latter being well known to old settlers as 

 the Sebesten of commerce. The mucilaginous berry 

 is globular or oval, and varies in size from a cherry 

 to a large bean. Cowherds and village children eat 

 the fruit, but it is not very palatable, and is jiitich too 



