USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
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XXXIII CRASSULACEAE. 
70. Bryophyllum Salisb. 
86. B. •calycimim Salisb. F. B. I. ii, 413 ; Eng. & Frantl iii, 2a, 
34 ; Beng. PI. 470 ; D. E. P. i, 543 ; Pharmacog. Ind i, 590. 
B. pinnatum Kurz. Join*. As. Soc. Beng. 1876, ii, 309. Cotyledon 
rhizophylla Roxb. FI. Ind. ii, 456. 
Local name. — Ass, do-pahar tenga (acid at noon) . 
Distrib. — In all tropical countries. Probably originally native of 
Africa. 
A stout succulent herb with pinnate upper leaves from whose crenaturcs young plants 
readily arise. Common near houses. The leaves are eaten as sag. They are said to taste 
more strongly acid at noon than at any other time of the day. 
XXXIV. ROSACE AE. 
71. RubllS Linn. 
87. R. moluccanus Linn. F. B. I. ii, 330 ; Eng. & Prantl. iii, 3, 
30,; D. E.P.vi, 1, 583. 
North Lakhimpur. No. 396. 
Local name.— Ckitull paka. 
Distrib. — From the Central and Eastern Himalayas to Burma, 
Deccan and Ceylon. Malay. 
Very common in North Lakhimpur. The fruits arc good to eat and the young leaves are 
used -for sores about children’s mouths. A hill plant not usually found below 3,000 ft. 
72. Eriobotrya Lindl 
88. E. japonica Lindl. F. B. I. ii, 370 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 25 ; 
Beng. PI. 468 ; D. E. P. iii, 257. 
Dibrugarh. No.' 24. 
Local name. — “ Loquat.” 
Distrib. — Cultivated in many parts of India. Indigenous in China 
and Japan. 
A tree with stout, crooked twigs bearing rosettes of tough, elliptic leaves which aro wooly 
beneath. It is common in cottage gardens where it is grown for its fruits which are known 
us loquats. 
73. Prunus Linn. 
89. P. persic aBenth. & Hk. f. E. B. I. ii, 313 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 349. 
P. persica (Linn.) Sieb. & Zucc. Eng. & Prantl iii, 3,53. 
