290 TIMBER-TREES. 



Svria, and has been imported into Sabarunpoor, where it grows 

 luxuriantly. Seeds. None of the plants have ripened their 

 seeds at Sabarunpoor. 



Gen. Prosopis. 



P. spicigera. Shoud. — Well adapted for dry tracts ; grows to 

 a very handsome shady tree. Seeds. 



Gen. Cathartocarpus. 



C. fistula. Ambuttas. — A handsome and showy tree, useful for 

 its timber as firewood. Seeds. 



Gen. Cassia, Lin. 



C. sumatraua. — A fine timber-tree. Seeds. 



C. arborea. — Grows to a height of 40 feet, and useful, owing to 

 its rapid growth, as a timber for firewood. Seeds. 



Gen. Pougamia. 



P. glabra. Paphri. — This is a very valuable tree, owing to its 

 umbrageous foliage and the hard close-grained nature of its wood, 

 which is as compact as box. It does not grow to a very great 

 height, the branches being thrown out laterally. Seeds. The 

 seeds ought to be sown as soon after they are taken off the tree 

 as possible. 



Gen. Dalbergia. 



D. Sissoo. Sissum. — This is one of the most useful trees in the 

 North-west Provinces and Punjab, owing to its rapidity of growth 

 and toughness of its inner wood. For spokes and naves of 

 wheels it is generally used by the agricultural classes, but the 

 outer, or external wood, is very liable to dry-rot : its inner wood is, 

 generally, of a dark-brown colour. This timber-tree used to 

 abound in the Deyrah Dhoon, but all the finer timbers have 

 been exhausted. For building, and all architectural purposes, it is 

 admirably adapted, and ought to be extensively cultivated on the 

 waste lands. It is grown from seeds. 



D. robusta. — This is also a valuable timber tree and of rapid 

 growth. Seeds. 



D. Ougeinensis. Geindun. — Grown from seeds. 

 Gen. Erythrina. 



E. stricta. Doul Dawk. — A lofty timber-tree, useful as fire- 

 wood. Seeds. 



Gen. Butea. 



B. frondosa. Dawk. — Useful as firewood. Seeds and 

 cuttings. 



Gen. Cordia. 



C. Myxa. Lissom. — Seeds or cuttings. 



