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pasturage. Kalli is well known throughout the 

 province. 



486 Euphorbia neriifolia, Linn. Kan. Talekaiu. 

 E. antiquorum, Linn. Kan. Bontakaili. 



Succulent shrubs often used for fencing, and well 

 known in the maidan for their medicinal properties. 

 The last named species and E. trigona., Haworth, 

 make good railway fences. All the species grow 

 from cuttings readily. 



487 Buxus sempervjrens, Linn. 



The box tree is cultivated in the Botanical 

 G-ardens, where, however, it never attains anything 

 like its normal size. 



488 Bridelia retusa, Spbeng. Kan. Gurige, Gworgie, 



Goje, Asana ? 



'Eig.—Bedd Fl. Sylv. t 240. 



References.— iJ'Z. of Brit. Ind.; Qamh. Man. 

 Timb. 356. 



A middle sized or large, deciduous tree. Her- 

 baceous parts usually thorny ; young leaves tomen- 

 tose on the underside, matured leaves coriaceous, 

 rigid and prominently nerved. Flowers small, 

 yellow, in short lateral spikelets. Fruit blaek» 

 purple the size of a pea. Sir Joseph Hooker nameg 

 four varieties of the species. Grenerally found in 

 the deciduous and mixed zones and on the outskirts 

 of the evergreen belt. Although comparatively 

 small, the heartwood is close grained, nicely mottled, 

 and said to take a good polish ; it is also ha,rd and 

 durable, but not very easily worked. "Weight 

 56 — 64 lb. per cubic foot. 



" The astringent properties of the bark of this. 

 tree appear to be well known throughout India^;^ 

 and it is in general use for tanning leather. The. 

 wood is also much used on account of its durability 

 under water, for making well-curbs. In W^gt^m 



