248 POEEST TREES. 



The leaves are possessed of medicinal properties, 

 and the bark is said to be a fish poison. 



496 Flueggia Leucopyrus, Willd. 



'Pig -Wight. Ic- t. 1875. 



Similar to the above, except that most of the 

 salient organs are smaller. The authors of Phar- 

 macogfiafhia Indica assert that the sweet, white ber- 

 ries are eaten by children, who call them Madh 

 -honey-and that the juice of the leaves is used to 

 destroy worms in ' sores. Like the foregoing, the 

 bark is said to be a fish poison. "When planted and 

 trimmed for the purpose, these plants make fairly 

 good hedges. 



497 Breynia rhamnoides, Muell. Kan. Kari suli. 

 Fig.—Bot. Plates, Lal-Bagh Goltection^' , Wight. 



Ic. t 1898. 

 'Reference.— Did. of Econ. Prod, oflnd. 

 Usually found in the scrub tracts, where it is very 

 common as a Iq-^ bush, and occasionally , attaining 

 the size of a smajl tree, 12—715 ft. Berry globose, 

 but :da|;tened 9,t both ends, the size of a small" pea, 

 red changing, to black. Branches used in thatching 

 like number 495. " The dried leaves are smoked 

 lite tobaqco in cases in which the uvula and tonsils 

 are swelled. The bark is astringent*" Pha/rmacd- 

 graphia' Indica,. ■ This bush can also be utilised for 

 hedging. Ama suji^a small shrub of rocky ground, is 

 prbbsibly a species of Phyllanihus. Although usually 

 very small, it is reputed for the hardness and tena- 

 city of,its.\wood. vFruit black, when ripe. 



498 Putraniiva Roxburgh!!, WAll. Sanskrit or Kan. 



Patra-jiva, Putrem-jivaj ' 



'Eig.-Bedd. Fl. Syh, t. 275. . Wight., Ic. L 1876, 

 References.— .Broiid. For. Fl. 451. QamhMm. 

 Timb. 35$. 

 A small evergrpen tree Tvith gmall dioecioug iflowerS' 

 and Jlrupal. friji|iihe 'sjze pf a iamoon. .Struftg; ;i^o 



