1849.] 



Circar of Warungul, 



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Trieosanthes a-nguina. 



There are two varieties of cotton cultivated — one a nankeen 

 cotton, and the other white, solely for home use. There is also a 

 small quantity of sugar grown in the Pergunna of Bellecondah. 



The greens used in this Circar are so very numerous, that 

 though some be cultivated the whole wiH be given in the list of 

 useful plants, according to the natural an'angement which are pro- 

 duced in this Circar. 



-AjS^ois'ace.^:, Anona Squamosa — grows wild 

 ItttlAl^'Zt throughout the district-its fruit is seldom 

 cine, which grow in the allowed to perfect itself,being generally pluck- 

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ed before maturity — m seasons oi scarcity 

 and famine its seeds are ground and the meal eaten by the natives, 

 Menispehmace^, Cocculus Cordifolius — a good bitter used in 

 medicine. 



ISTymph^ace^ — the tuberous roots of all the plants of thi^ fami- 

 ly are eaten by the poorer classes. 



Pap AVERAGES — no opium grown — the Argemone Mexicana 

 grows abundantly but neither seeds nor plant are turned to use. 



Cappaeide^ — Cynandropsis pentaphylla — wild mustard seeds 

 collected by the lower classes and exchanged for equal quantities of 

 coarse millet. 



Cleome viscosa, common — besides other cleomes — two or three 

 species of Capparis, of which the fruit is boiled and eaten by the 

 natives. The leaves and bark of several of the species are used 

 medicinally. Antiscorbutic. 



Olacinu:^, Ximenia A egypiiaea — a very common stunted shrub 

 growing on poor soil of which it is an indication ; its hard capsules 

 are used in fii'eworks. 



Caetophtllace^ — ^two species ofMoUuyo, an infusion of which 

 is used as a fever di'ink. 



Malvace^ — this natural order, yields plants for poultices, fo- 

 mentations, &c. ; there are many species growing in this Circar, 

 mostly aU of which are turned to some account in diet or medicine. 



BoMBACE^ — the wood of the Helicteres Isora is used for making 

 some agricultural instruments. The Bomhax Malabaricum affords 

 a timber for the construction of the garim, an instrument for 

 raising water. 



