FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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; DISCIFLORyE. 
ii XI.— GERAI^IACEtE. 
I 10, Oxalis Linn. 
21. Oxalis corniculata Linn. ; F. 1. ii. 457 ; F. B. 1. i. 436. E. D. o 
I 547* 
Northern clearings, very rare, Heinig & GammieX 
I Vernac. Chuka Tripati ; AmruL 
A small weed of cultivated ground with * trefoil ’ leaves; properties not very 
|i important ; slightly acid and refrigerant or tonic ; sometimes used as a vegetable. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in cultivated ground. 
XII.— RETACEiE. 
30. Glycosmis Corr. 
22. Glycosmis peiitapliylla Corr. ; F. B. I. i. 499. Limonia penta- 
phylla F. I. ii. 381. E. D. G 27:. 
Northern clearings, Calcutta Garden Collecfors \ ruins of Manda- 
bari, Heinig & Gammie ! ruins of Jatta, Prain ! 
Vernac. Ashhoura^ 
A shrub, evergreen ; fruit eaten ; twigs used as tooth-cleaners. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia ; Australia. 
This species is a common constituent of village shrubberies in the Gangetic 
plain and is an almost certain indication, when it occurs elsewhere, of former 
human habitation. 
31. Micromelum BI. 
23. Micromelum inibesceiis Bl. ; F. B. 1. i. 501. Berger a integer- 
rima F. I. ii. 376. 
Eastern Sundribuns, Roxburgh, 
Vernac. Ban-kunch, 
A small, much-branched tree. 
Distrib.-— S.-E. Asia ; Polynesia. 
Roxburgh says that the tree occurs on the eastern banks of the mouth of the 
Megna ; it might, therefore, be looked for on the opposite or western banks, from 
Shabuzpur northwards. 
33. Paramigiiya Wight. 
24. Paramignya longispina Hook. f. ; F. B. I, i. 51 1. 
Eastern Sundribuns, at Baniakhali, HeinigX 
Vernac. Ban Nimbu. 
A thorny under-shrub; fruit used in cases of colic. 
Distrib.— M alayan Peninsula. 
