MYSORE, CANARY, AND MALABAR. 
1 . Mara halay , Nerium tinctorium , Rox. 
Grows sometimes to a large tree, and is used for planks. 
3. Mara Harulu, Iatropha Curcas, Lin. 
From the seed of this shrub, oil for the lamp is extracted, by the 
following process. Parch the seed in an earthen pot, then bruise 
it, and put the powder in boiling water for three hours. The oil 
then rises to the surface, and is removed by skimming. This oil 
being much used by the poor, the plant is frequently raised in the 
hedges near villages ; but it is also found wild in almost every 
copse, especially near the banks of torrents. 
3. 'Alaygara, Terminalia myrobalana citrina of Koenig . The fruit 
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is used in medicine, and as a pickle. 
4. Devadarum, Erythroxylon sideroxyloides of Lamarck . 
It grows to a considerable size, and its timber is black and odorous, 
serving the inhabitants who are poor in place of sandal wood. It 
seems to be a tree that deserves particular notice. 
5. Sri Gunda Chica, Sant alum album , Lin. 
Grows in the woods towards Chinapatam . It is never planted, but 
springs up spontaneously. No person is allowed to cut it, without 
permission from the Amildar , or officer, who sells it on account of 
the Circar , or government. 
6. Wotu, Loranthus falcatus, Lin. 
The bark of this beautiful parasitical shrub is used by the poorer 
natives in place of the betel-nut. With quicklime it tinges the saliva 
and mouth of a fine red, brighter even than that communicated 
by the Areca . The bark of the Sandal-wood-tree serves the same 
purpose. 
7. Easy , Premna tomentosa, Willd. 
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Makes beams and planks, with posts of a bad quality. 
8. Ha-Shi-cai , Mimosa pennata. 
Is a favourite food of the long-legged goat of this country. 
9- Cacay , Cassia fistula , Lin* 
This is the greatest ornament of the woods of Karndta . The foliage 
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