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while still comparatively small dm-ing the first rains. Trees planted for 

 ornament may be kept a second year in the nursery, but regular watering is 

 necessary in the dry season following transplanting ; in this case either the 

 seedlings should be pricked out in the nursery during the first rains or the 

 drills should be at least 12 in. apart, and the seedlings should be thinned out 

 where necessary. 



Rate of grow^th. The only authentic statistics relate to coppice coupes 

 at Ramgarh near Dehra Dun, the following measurements having been recorded 

 by Mr. A. F. Broun in 1886 (sal coppice measurements in the same coupes 

 entered for comparison) : 



BauUnia variegata : coppice measurements, Ramgarh, Dehra Dun. 



Genera 1. Prosopis, Linn. ; 2. Xylia, Benth. ; 3. Acacia, Willd. ; 

 4. Albizzia, Durazzini ; 5. Dichrostachys, DC. ; 6. Adenanthera, Linn. ; 

 7. PiTHECOLOBiUM, Martius ; 8. Leucaena, Benth. 



1. PROSOPIS, Linn. 



Species 1. P. spicigera, Linn. ; 2. P. juliflora, DC. 



1. Prosopis spicigera, Linn. Vern. Jand, Punjab ; Kandi, Sind ; Khejra, 

 Rajputana ; Semru, su7nri, Guz. ; Shema, saunder, Mar. ; Baiini, Kan. ; 

 Jamhu, parambe, Tam. ; Jamhi, Tel. 



A moderate-sized thorny tree, evergreen or nearly so, with light foliage 

 and straggling rather slender branches armed with conical prickles. It does 

 not ordinarily exceed a height of 40 ft. and a girth of 4 ft., the maximum 

 attained being 50 ft. and 6 ft. respectively. The bole is usually short and is 

 rarely straight ; spines persist on the bole until it reaches a girth of about 

 1| ft. Bark up to 1 in. thick, grey, rough with longitudinal furrows and 

 transverse cracks. Wood very hard, heartwood dark brown ; it makes 

 excellent fuel and charcoal, and is used locally for various purposes. The pods 

 contain a dry sweetish pulp, and are used as food for cattle. 



Distribution and habitat. This tree occurs in the dry and arid regions 

 of India, namely in Sind, the Punjab plains, Baluchistan, Rajputana, Guzerat, 

 the Deccan, and the drier parts of southern India ; it extends into Persia. 



In Sind Prosopis spicigera is one of the principal species on the higher 

 and older alluvium in the region of the Indus. Although found to a greater 

 or less extent both in upper and in lower Sind, it may be considered to be the 

 most characteristic species in the former just as babul {Acacia arahica) is in 

 the latter : this is probably due partly to the greater intensity of frost in 

 upper Sind, which is more harmful to Acacia arahica than to Prosopis, and 

 partly to the fact that the duration of river inundations is longer and their 



