USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKH IM PUR. 
403 
143. Coriandrum Linn. 
173. C. sativum Linn. F. B. I. ii, 717 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 8, 159 ; 
Beng. PL 540 ; D. E. P. ii, 567 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii, 129. 
Dibrugarh.. No. 55. 
Local name. — Dhaniya. “Coriander.” 
Distrib. — Native country not known. Cultivated almost every- 
where. 
Most cottagers grow a' plot of dhaniya which is one of the most keenly relished spices in 
Lakhimpur. The people when speaking of it show evident signs of pleasure and often, 
explain that its flavour is better than that of the Burmese kind ( JEryngium , ). The powdered 
ripe fruits are used in curries. The unripe infructescences are sometimes fried and eaten-. 
144. DaucuS Linn. 
173. D. Carota Linn. F. B. I. ii, 781 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 8, 249 - 
Beng. PI. 541 ; D. E. P. iii, 43 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii, 134* 
Local name.— Gajar. “ Carrot.” 
Distjub. — Cosmopolitan. Cultivated everywhere. 
Occasionally cultivated but extremely common on rarer sand which, is dry during th * 
*old weather. 
KII. ALANGIACEAE. 
145. Alangium Lamk. 
174. A. begoni&efolium Harms. Eng. & Prantl. iii, 8, 261. 
Marlea begonicefolia Boxb. F. B..I. ii, 743 ; Beng. PI.. 546 ; D. E. F. 
v, 186. 
Dibrugarh. No. 160. 
Local name. — Bhelu. 
Djswlib.— From Northern India to Bengal and Burma. Also China 
and Japan. 
A small tree with horizontal branches. The leaves are nearly circular and often form 
a beautiful mosaic. The flowers are inconspicuous. There is hardly a cottage garden in the 
northern part of the district without a specimen of this tree. It is much used for hedging,. 
Kin. SAPOTACEAB. 
146. Ckrysopkyllum Lmn. 
175. C. Roxbnrgkii G. Don. F. B. I. iii, 535 ; Eng. & Prantl iv, 1, 
148 ; D. E. P. ii, 273. 
Dibrugarh. No. 153. 
Local name. — Ban pita. 
