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pared the valuable eje-snuff called Chucksoo. Two species of 

 Bauhinia — timber useful for house building and to the cultivators — 

 and their bark, a cordage. The Trigonella fcenumgr cecum; seeds 

 of the Cassia obovata, used in the preparation of Indigo, and the 

 leaves as greens. The seeds of many of the species eaten in fa- 

 mine — particidarly of the Indigoferce — the Indigofera from which 

 a coarse Indigo is made and the Ahrus precaioiius. 



CoMBEETACEiE. — Terminalia Catapa, in gardens, Terminalia Bil- 

 lirica, Terminalia Chebula — the last two common on the eastern 

 part of the Circar — Pentapiera tomentosa, a timber tree ; Combre- 

 turn ovalijolium ; of this extensive climber use is made in basket 

 weaving, &c. 



MxETACEiE. — Punica Granatum, common in village gardens ; Jam- 

 hosa vulgaris — bark useful in the preparation of Indigo, &c., and 

 Baringtonia acutangula is one of the most beautiful of the forest 

 trees of the Circar. 



CucTJEEiTACE^. — Besides the cultivated species the colocynth 

 is very abundant. 



PoETTJLACE^ — Icavcs of the Trianthema decandra, and two spe- 

 cies of Portulaca eaten as greens. 



EuBiACE^ — two species of Nauclea yield timber ; some Garde- 

 nias, three at least, deccamullee or cumhi gum, so much used 

 in Native medicine, and one or two species afford a fruit edible on 

 being boiled-^i^an^^m dumetorum, Ixora parvifolia — timber of the 

 last useful. 



The Morinda citrifolia is cidtivated extensively on the black 

 soil for its dye and the Oldenlandia umlellaia, the root of which 

 yields the Cherwil dye, is the most common of the wild plants. 



Composite — several plaats of this family grow, to some of 

 which medicinal virtues are ascribed— more fanciful than real ; of 

 these are the Coesulia axillaris^ Eclipta prostata, Xanthium indi- 

 cum, ^"c. 



Sapotace^ — two Mimusops, — Sideroxylon tomentosum and the 

 Bassia latifolia which grows in the sandstone districts— both seed 

 and fruit turned to account. 



Ebenace^ — Diospyros melanoxylon, wood of little value, fruit 

 eaten. 



JASMLfTEACEiE — Jasmmum sambac, in gardens— /aswimwwz tri- 

 nervii very common— flowers of all species of Jasmine looked on as 



