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Roxb. (Sapotacese) ; Diospyros montana Roxb. (Ebenaceae) ; 

 Schrebera swietenioides Roxb. (Oleacese) ; Wrightia tinctoria 

 Br. (Apocynacese) ; Cordia obliqua Willd., wallichii G. Don 

 and rothii Roem. & Schul. and Ehretia Linn. (Boraginaceae) ; 

 Heterophragma roxburghii DC. and Stereospermum suaveolens 

 DC. (Bignoniacese) ; Gmelina arbor ea Linn. (Verbenacese) and 

 Santalum album Linn., the sandalwood (Santalacese) ; there are 

 several Euphorbiacese, as Phyllanthus emblica Linn, and 

 Macaranga roxburghii Wight, that occur occasionally, and 

 Streblus asper Lour., as well as many species ofFicus Linn, or 

 figs (Urticacese) . There are practically no wild palms, though 

 the cultivated date palm is common, and there is hardly 

 any bamboo. The capers are all really more shrubs than 

 trees, and a good many are climbers or of scandent habit. 

 Other shrubs are : many Hibiscus Medik. and Urena (Malvaceae) ; 

 many Grewia Linn. (Tiliacese), and three or four species of 

 thorny Zizyphus Juss. (Rhamnacese) ; several vines (Ampe- 

 lidese) ; Rhus mysorensis Heyne (Anacardiaceae) ; numerous 

 Crotolaria Linn. ; various thorny climbing Csesalpinia Linn. ; 

 Dichrostachys cinerea W. & A. (Leguminosee) with Combretum 

 ovalifolium Linn. (Combretacese) ; Salvadora persica Linn., the 

 mustard tree of Scripture, and Azima tetracantha Lamk. 

 (Salvadoraceae) ; Strychnos potatorum Linn., the fruit of which 

 is used for clearing water (Loganiacese) ; Rivea Chois. and 

 Lettsomia Roxb. (Convolvulacese) ; the verbenaceous pest 

 LantanalJum., everywhere a scourge ; Fluggea Willd., Jatropha 

 Linn., a wild castor-oil plant (Euphorbiaceae) . The commonest 

 herbaceous plants are Cocculus villosus DC. (Menispermacese) ; 

 the genus Cleome Linn., belonging to the capers ; Portulaca 

 oleraceaUum., a small, fleshy-leaved and decumbent plant used 

 as a spinach (Portulacacese) ; the rnalvaceous Abutilon Tournef., 

 having several species ; Urena Linn. ; several Hibiscus Linn. ; 

 Corchor us Linn. (Tilicacese) ; many leguminous Indigofera Linn., 

 Tephrosia Pers., Astragalus Linn., Alysicarpus Neck., Abrus 

 precatorius Linn., of which the Praying Bean is used by gold- 

 smiths as a weight ; Phaseolus Linn. ; Atylosia W. & A. ; 

 Rhynchosia Lour. ; Cassia pumila Lamk., kleinii W. & A. and 

 mimosoides Linn. ; various Cucurbitaceae and Umbelliferse ; 

 Heydotis Linn., Oldenlandia Linn., Anotis DC. of various 

 species and Spermacoce hispida (Rubiacese) ; many species of 

 Composite ; Heliotropum Linn, of various species (Bora- 

 ginacese) ; some Convolvulacese ; various species of Striga Lour. 

 (Scrophulariacese) ; Barleria cuspidata Heyne, Neuracanthus 

 sphserostachys Dalz., several Justicia Linn, and the ubiquitous 

 Peristrophe Nees (Acanthacese) . We also always find various 

 Labiatse (Ocimum Linn., Leucas R. Br. and Salvia Linn.) ; the 

 genus Boerhavia Linn., of the Nyctaginacese, is always repre- 

 sented, as well as the amaranthaceous Mrua Forsk. There 



