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lia; feronia elephantum; boswellia glabra, neem; sterculia urens; bu- 

 tealrondosa; buchanania latifolia; bombax gossypiiium, cedrela tooiia, 

 &c., the whole of which are more or less adapted for economic pur- 

 poses. 



. ^, . Grislea tomentosa, rottlera tinctoria, morinda ci- 



Dyeing Plants. ' 



trifolia, bixa orellana, nj etanthes tristis ; butea fron- 

 dosa, taraarindus indica; hibiscus populneus, dalbergea oojienensis, 

 curcuma longa, terminalis belerica ; phyllanthus emblica, punica gra- 

 iiatum, &:c. 



Tanning Several plants are found that possess high pow- 



ers of preparing leather, by the amount of extrac- 

 tive matter they contain, in addition to their tanning, which makes 

 the skins peculiarly soft and durable; of these there are one or two 

 varieties of the acacia, the principal being the baubul ; dalbergia 

 oojienensis; conocarpus latifolia, terminalia alata, cassia auriculata, 

 and phyllanthus emblica. 



Acacia arabica, and other hard srrained species 



Charcoal. _ . 



of mimosa are used by the natives to burn into 



charcoal for common purposes, but that manufactured for gunpowder 



and fireworks is procured from the stems and roots of the asclepias 



gigantia and euphorbia tiracuUi. 



Cordage '^^^ Cannabis sativa, ganja ; and hybiscus cana- 



binus, ambaree, are cultivated for the sake of their 

 fibrous stalks, being converted into hemp ; the bark peeled from the 

 roots of the butea frondosa constitutes the usual rural cordage. 



5. — Ornamental Plants. 



Trees possessing the greatest claims to an ornamental character 

 are the following ; — Two or three species of acacia, of which the 

 ram kanta is an elegant instance ; cordia myxa chlerodendron ; 

 melia calyptranthes ; carissa ; parkinsonia mimusops elengi, and mi- 

 musops hexandra, both of which the Mahomedans, with much taste, 

 were in the habit of planting about their burial places, in company 

 with the poinciana pulcherrinia and annona squamosa. Around 

 Aurungabad are to be seen several magnificent specimens of the 

 adansonia digitata, a legacy in all probability from the Abyssinian 

 founder. Upon the undulating knolls between the valleys the most 



