It is frequently mentioned in their poetry.

M.CHEZY.] [Footnote 142: p.91.l.15.

_--for the Palasa's barren bloom_.

The Palasa is the Butea Frondosa of Koenig.

Its flowers, of great beauty, are papilionaceous; and its fruit, entirely without use in domestic economy, compared particularly with the Amra, may well be called barren.