362 Remarks on a few Plants from Central India, 



bles the Toon, yet I believe it is not the same. Its wood 

 is of a pinkish red, but different in tinge from that of the 

 Toon." 



3. — Bauhinia Racemosa. Roxburgh's Fl. Indica, ii. p. 

 325. B. Vahlii, Wight, and Arnott's Prodromus : Fl. Penin- 

 sulas Orientalis i. p. 297, Natural family, Leguminosce. 

 The specimens have been gathered without tendrils. 



*' The Mahol or Mohlain ; a gigantic creeper, of which 

 the bark is extensively used for making twine and rope, be- 

 ing very strong, and withstanding the seasons much better 

 than Sun or Bakkal. Is this the same as that recently sent 

 to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society from the hills, 

 through the Government, for experiment and report." — (Mr, 

 Macleod.) 



The plant is widely diffused, occurring in all the hilly 

 parts of the N. W. and N. E. Frontiers, in profusion on 

 the Suvalik Hills. Mr. Royle mentions its being used for 

 the manufacture of rope, and Dr. Roxburgh notices its be- 

 ing applied to line baskets, and the various packages in use 

 among the hill people. 



4. 5. 6. — Three species of Natural family, Umbelliferce. 

 The Tej-raj, Bhoj-raj, Bal-raj, of the natives. 



Mr. Macleod informs me, that the first " grows in great 

 abundance on the Basaltic hills and high lands. There are 

 said to be seven different kinds of herbs, commonly called 

 the " seven Rajes," (Sat-raj, Hindee), of which the roots are 

 largely used internally by the natives for restoring strength 

 to a debilitated constitution ; of these the most spoken 

 of are, Bhoj-raj, Tej-raj, and Bal-raj." 



Having no knowledge of the very intricate family to which 

 these plants belong, their determination requiring an Eu- 

 ropean Herbarium, and the specimens being without ripe 

 seeds, I do not attempt to name them. Assuming that the 

 other four " Rajes" are equally correctly grouped, we shall 

 have at least seven umbelliferous plants indigenous to Cen- 



