174 ON ORISSA PROPER 



Phalsa (Grewia Asiatica), the Jam (Eugenia Jambu), the Guava, Custard 

 Apple, the Harphaleri (Phyllanthus Cheramela), the Chalta (Dillenia Indi- 

 ca), the Kendhu (Erabryopteris glutinifera), the Pomegranate, the Cashew- 

 nut, the Jack, the Bel (CEgle Marmelos), the Kath-Bel or Wood Apple (Fe- 

 ronia Elephantum), and the Kharanj (Galedupa Arborea), from whose fruit 

 an oil is extracted, used for burning by the natives. The Wine palm (Boras- 

 sus Flabelliformis), and the Khajur (Phoenix Sylvestris), abound in parti- 

 cular quarters. One rarely meets with the Cocoanut and Supari except 

 in the neighbourhood of Brahmin villages, though they would thrive every- 

 where well in Cuttack, more especially the former. In all times Cuttack 

 has been famous for its abundant produce of the fragrant Keora or Ketaca 

 (Pandanus Odoratisshnus). It grows every where wild, and is much used, 

 jointly with several kinds of Euphorbia and Mimosa, for making hedge rows. 

 The fruit borne in quantities by the female plant has much of the rich and 

 tempting appearance of the Pine Apple, but on trial the inside proves to be 

 hard, stringy, and tasteless. Its pith is used when boiled, as an article of 

 food by the poorest classes, but seems to belittle prized even by them. An 

 intoxicating spirit is distilled however from the strongly scented flowers of 

 the male plant, to which the lower orders have no aversion. 



The surface of the Mogulbandi is inmost parts south of the Kans Bans 

 embellished and diversified with fine shadowy groves of Mangos, dense 

 thickets of Bamboo, and the most magnificent Banyan trees. The better 

 cultivated gardens are loaded with Jessamines, Sambacks, Marigolds, Bau- 

 hinias, the Hibiscus, Rosa Sinensis, Michelia Champaca, &c. About the 

 huts of the natives we generally find in great quantities the Hyperanthera 

 Morunga, Meliaazadirachtaand Sempervirens, ^Eschynomene Sesban, and 

 grandiflora, the Bombax Heptaphyllum, Nauclea orientalis, &c. with the 

 usual proportion of plantains. 



That the inferior quality and limited growth of many of the most valu- 

 able products of agriculture in Orissa, are owing in a great degree to some- 

 thing unfavorable in the soil and climate, is clearly evinced by the indif- 



