Seislaiiia.~\ 



A soft- wooded tree, 10 to 12 feet hi-h. Wood white, extremely soft. 

 Pores small, in short, linear, radial iroups, between the very fine and very 

 numerous medullary rays ; the distance between rays being less than the 

 transverse diameter of the pores. 



Cultivated in many parts of India and Burma, wild in tropical Africa. 



Weitnit. '27 Ibs. per cubic foot. Not durable. 



Crown in IJrnir and tin- Drkkan to furnish poles as a substitute for bamboo; the 

 bark is made into rope, the wood is used to boil jaggery , and the lea vea and branches are 

 cut for cattle fodder. It is commonly planted in llen^al ;is a hedge-plant, for which pur- 

 pose its very quick growth renders it suitable. It is also sometimes grown to support the 

 plantations of the betel pepper. Roxburgh says the wood is said to make the best gun- 

 powder charcoal, and Kurz that it is good for children's toys. 



Iba. 



C 870. Amraoti, Berar 27 



2. S. grandiflora, Pers. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 115 ; Beddome Ixxxvi. ; 

 Brandis 137 ; Kurz i. 302. JEschynomene prandiflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind.iii. 

 830. Agati grandijlora, Desv. ; W. and A. Prodr. 215. Vern. Basna, 

 Hind.; Buka, bak, agasta, Beng. ; Bagfal, Sundarbans ; Hadga, heta, 

 Berar; Agali, Tarn. ; Avesi, Tel. ; Agase, Kan. ; Poukpan,poukpyoo, Burm. 



A short-lived, soft-wooded tree, with large handsome flowers, at- 

 taining 20 to 30 feet in height. Wood white, soft. Pores small and 

 moderate-sized, often in radial groups of 3 to 5 between the numerous, 

 fine, white medullary rays. 



Cultivated in Southern India, Burma, and in the Ganges Doab. 



"Weight, 32 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is not durable ; in Lower Bengal it is 

 used for posts for native houses and for firewood (Home) ; in Berar and the Dekkan 

 it is grown as a substitute for bamboo. The tender leaves, pods and flowers are 

 eaten as a vegetable, and the tree is grown as a support for the betel pepper vine ; 

 it is easily known by its very large, handsome, pink flowers and long narrow pods. 



Ibs. 



C871. Amraoti, Berar 32 



Car a g ana. Brandis, 133 contains several low spinescent shrubs of the arid region 

 of the Punjab, Sind and Beluchistan, and the inner valleys of the Punjab Himalaya. 

 Lespedeza contains a number of imdershrubs of Northern India and Burma. Arnons; 

 these, L. eriocarpa, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 144, is a shrub of the Himalaya between 

 3,000 and 9,000 feet, with handsome purple flowers and a hard red wood. Pores mode- 

 rate-sized, scattered or in short concentric lines. Medullary raj^s fine. Few concentric 

 lines of soft tissue. (H. 3192. Nowti Valley, Simla, 4,000 feet). Alhagi Maurorum, 

 Desv. ; Brandis 144. (Hedysarum Alhagi, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 344.) The Camel Thorn. 

 Vern. Jawdsa, Hind., is a widely-spread shrub of the Ganges Valley and the arid and 

 northern dry zones, whose leaves are used as fodder for camels. JEschyfanene aspera, 

 Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 152; Brandis 147; (Hedysarum lagena)mim,I{oxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 365.) Vern. Sola, phul-sola, Hind., Beng. ; Nirjiliiza, Tel., is the Solah 

 plant of tanks and marshes in Bengal, from whose stems the well-known white pith 

 is obtained which is used for making hats, toys, and for other purposes. Ormocarpnm 

 sennoides, Kurz i. 390, is an evergreen shrub of the plains of Central and South 

 India. 



5. OUGEINIA, Bth. 



1. 0. dalbergioides, Benth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 161 ; Beddome t. 36 ; 

 Brandis 140. Dalbergia Oojeinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 220. Vern. 

 Sandan, asainda, tinnas, timsa, Hind. ; Shdnjan, pdnan, Oudh ; Sandan 

 pipli, Nep. ; BancUwna, Uriya ; Kala palds, tewas, Mar. ; Scr, shentunm, 

 Condi ; Dargu, telli mutku, Tel.; Karl unit at, Kan. ; Tctova, Bhil; Ruiok, 

 Kurku ; Tii/mia, Banswara; Tclnx, Khandeish. 



