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* 27. Pipal, "(Ficus religiosa, L., Nat. 

 Ord. Urticaceae).— The bark of the pipal 

 is dried, pounded, and ground in the 

 chakki, and bread made from the fiour, 

 not very nutritive. The fruit which 

 ripens about June is also eaten uncooked. 

 [The Bo.] 



* 28. Asarhi (Oroxylum dicum, 

 Vent., Nat. Ord. Bignoniaceae.)— A jungle 

 tree which produces a long flat bean-like 

 fruit. The seed of the fruit is collected, 

 parched, and ground into flour, and 

 bread made of it. The seed is also 

 eaten uncooked. Ripens in January and 

 February. [Totila, Sin.] 



* 29. Bargad (Ficus bengalensis, L., 

 Nat. Ord. Urticaceae. — The fruit is eaten 

 both ripe and unripe. It fruits about 

 July and ripens about the following 

 June. [Maha-nuga, Sin., *A1, .Tarn., the 

 banyan.] 



f June 1908. 



* 30. Pakur (Ficuft infectoria, Willd, 

 Nat. Ord. Urticaceae.)— The fruit of the 

 pakur tree is eaten ripe and unripe. The 

 new shoots are also plucked, boiled, and 

 eaten as a vegetable. The new shoots 

 come about March, and the fruit about 

 June. [Rare.] 



* 31. Kela {Musa sapientum, L., Nat. 

 Ord. Scitamneae).— The root of the plan- 

 tain was boiled and eaten as a vegetable, 



* 32. Harra. (Terminalia Chebula, 

 Retz., Nat. Ord Combretaceae.) — A large 

 jungle tree producing a fruit which ripens 

 about April. The peel of the fruit is 

 used medicinally, but the kernel of 

 the stones was much eaten by the 

 poor during the famine. [Aralu, Sin., 

 Kakukkay, Tarn., the ink-nut, gall-nut, 

 or chebulic myrobalan. Used in native 

 medicine.] 



(To be continued.) 



