OP THE BIJNOUR FOREST. 391 
fluctuating names of kans, sarar munj, kilik, &c, &c. I shall not 
attempt here to disentangle these, but be content with mentioning that 
the principal useful species appear to be S, spontaneum, L., S. Sara. 
Rox : S. Munja. Rox : and S. semidecumbens. Rox : these, and perhaps 
some others, supply from their culms materials for screens, chairs, pens, 
brooms, and sirki, and parts of their leaves are used for making rope, 
thatch, &c. "Various products from — /8 a cart load, sar for thatch to 
— /2 a maund for suik. 
114. Salix letrasperma. Rox : bed (bhynsh). This, the common 
Indian willow, occurs occasionally by stream-beds, but is nowhere found 
in great abundance. I know of no special use to which its timber is put. 
115. Schleicher a trijuga. Willd: gosam, gausam. This tree, which is 
at times seen planted in the open plain, is not uncommon in the inner 
part of the forest, where however, much of it has been cut. Its wood 
is red, very hard and heavy, and its special use is for making the 
crushers of sugar, and oil-mills, and in some parts of India screws are 
made of it. 3 x| yd. 1/ — . The fruit is edible, and in the Deccan is 
made into pickle. 
116. Scilla Indica, Rox : kimdri, Mnda (iskil). A slender Liliaceous 
plant with a large bulbous root. The latter is collected in the forest in 
large quantities, to be used by weavers for giving body to their thread. 
It is also employed medicinally, and being closely allied to, is almost a 
perfect substitute for the squill of European pharmacopoeias. 
117. Semecarpus Anacardium, L. bhildtva. The "marking-nut tree" 
hardly extends outside the skirts of the Siwaliks. It has a peculiar, 
smooth, dark bark, furrowed with shallow wrinkles, and its wood is 
soft, white, and valueless. 
The fleshy red calyx of the fruit is eaten, but in some people is said 
to produce swelling of the body. This effect is also sometimes attri- 
buted to mere contact with this as with some other members of the 
same family. The nuts themselves are collected for export, being used 
as an ingredient of ink, and given as a medicine to elephants. 16 
seers 1/ — . 
(To be Continued.) 
ON THE GROWTH AND PREPARATION OF RHUBARB IN 
CHINA. 
BY FRED. J. FARRE, M.D. CANTAB. 
It has often occurred to, me that, while frequent attempts have been 
made, by personal inquiry and research, to discover the source and exact 
localities of the Chinese rhubarb plant, which have only resulted in de- 
ception and disappointment, we have in great measure neglected to 
avail ourselves of the more reliable information contained in Chinese 
