ECONOMIC FORESTRY. 415 
Of these the chief, commercially, are marked with an asterisk ; 
whilst Artocarpus integrifolia, Tamarindus, and Tectona are not 
indigenous. 
[“‘ Official Handbook and Catalogue of the Ceylon Court: 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition,’ London, 1886. “ Enumeratio 
Plantarum Zeylanie,” Thwaites, 1864; and ‘ Returns relating to 
Colonial Timbers,” 1878. | 
Maovritius, Ere. 
Intermediate in the character of the flora, as in position, between 
India and Madagascar, the Seychelle and smaller Mascarene Islands 
have been largely denuded of their original forests. In Mauritius 
the Ebony (Diospyros reticulata) ; the ‘‘Tatamaka” (Calophyllum 
Inophyllum, L.); the “Stinking wood” (/etidia mauritiana ; nat. 
order, Barringtoniacee), used in foundations, because termite- 
proof ; the “ Benzoin” (Croton Benzoe; nat. order, Huphorbiacee) ; 
the “‘ Colophane” (Colophonia) ; the Madagascar “ Travellers’ tree ” 
(Urania speciosa); the sub-spontaneous ‘‘ Mango” (Mangifera 
indica, L.). ‘Tronwood” and ‘ Bois de Cannelle” are character- 
istic, and Lucalypti are now extensively planted. Labowrdonnasia 
glauca, ‘Bois de natte,” is extensively used for ship-building, 
cabinet-work, and furniture; Syzygiwm obovatum, in building ; 
and Jambosa venosa for small planks ; whilst Acacia elata yields a 
timber even stronger than teak. There are also many Palms, and 
a member of that order, the “‘ Coco de Mer,” or Double Cocoa-nut 
(Lodoicea sechellarum, L.), is the most characteristic, and one of 
the most useful plants in the Seychelles group. ‘“Tatamaka ;” 
“ Rosewood ” (Thespesia populnea, Corr. ; nat. order, Malvacee), 
used for furniture, gun-stocks, ete. ; and “Bois rouge” (Wormia 
ferruginea, Baill. ; nat. order, Dilleniacew), are also characteristic. 
Goats, cattle, and bush-fires have combined to destroy the great 
bulk of the fine timber forest which covered the island of Rodriguez 
down to the 17th century; and of the still extant trees, the com- 
monest are Llaodendron orientale (nat. order, Celastracew), and 
Latania Verschaffelti, “ Leguat’s Plantane” (nat. order, Palmacee). 
MADAGASCAR. 
Being almost completely surrounded by a forest-belt from 15 to 20 
miles wide, Madagascar possesses a variety of valuable hard-wooded 
timber trees, which are, however, as yet but little known. The 
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