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SiLVicuLTURAL CHARACTERS. The silvicultural characters of this tree 

 have not been studied in detail. It appears to be somewhat shade-bearing, 

 and requires a moist situation for its best development. It has long spreading 

 lateral roots near the surface of the ground, which produce a prolific crop of 

 root-suckers to a considerable distance from the tree. 



Artificial reproduction. Experiments at Dehra Dun have shown that 

 transplanting can be done without much difficulty both in the first and in 

 the second rainy season, though this should be carried out as far as possible 

 in wet weather. Fresh seed should be sown in the nursery-beds about March 

 or April, the beds being kept well watered and weeded and shaded from the 

 sun during the heat of the day. The transplanting of root-suckers is also 

 recommended. 



6. Albizzia amara, Boivin. Syn. Mirnosa amara, Roxb. Vern. Tugli, 

 tugal, Kan. ; Lallei, Deccan ; Chikreni, Tel. ; Thuringi, imjai, usil, Tam. 



A small or moderate-sized much-branched deciduous tree with thin smooth 

 dark greenish scaly bark. The leaves have numerous small leaflets. Heart- 

 wood purplish brown, very hard, used for small building material, agricultural 

 implements, &c., but chiefly for fuel. 



A tree of the Indian Peninsula from Khandesh and Vizagapatam south- 

 wards, on dry often hilly country. Dry regions of Ceylon. On the Laun 

 sandstone plateau in Raipur, Central Provinces (Haines). It is a common 

 tree in the dry mixed deciduous and thorn forests of the Deccan. It is one 

 of the most characteristic trees in the dry regions of the Madras Presidency, 

 often growing on very poor soil ; among its chief companions are Acacia 

 Latronuni, A. Catechu, A. planifrons, A. leucophloea, Cldoroxylon Swietenia, 

 Dichrostachys cinerea, Azadirachta indica, Anogeissus latifolia, Prosopis spici- 

 gera, Cassia Fistula, Strychnos Nux-vomica, S. potatorum, PhyllantJms Emhlica, 

 Cleistanfhus collinus, Terrninalia Chebula, Zizyphus Xylopyrus, and Wrightia 

 tinctoria. 



The tree reproduces freely from coppice-shoots and also produces root- 

 suckers ; the coppice-shoots are often produced in such numbers that their 

 size suffers and thinning is necessary. Natural reproduction by seed is usually 

 good in areas protected from fire and grazing : goats are very partial to it, 

 and it suffers much in grazed areas. The tree is usually worked as coppice 

 or coppice-with-standards. It has been roughly estimated that coppice-shoots 

 attain a girth of 2| ft. in thirty years. ^ 



The yellow fragrant flower-heads appear from April to June and the pods 

 ripen in the cold season, chiefly from November to January. The pods are 

 5-8 in. by 0-7-1 in., thin, flat, greyish brown, pubescent, veined, with undulate 

 edges. 



7. Albizzia mollis, Boivin. Syn. A. Julihrissin, Durazzini. Pink siris, 

 hill siris. Vern. Sirin, lal siris, kurmura. Hind. 



A moderate-sized tree of the western Himalaya, ascending to 7,000 ft. 

 The tree reproduces freely from root-suckers, and is useful for afforesting 

 unstable hill-sides. The large pink tassels of flowers appear from April to 

 June, at which time the tree is very handsome. The pods ripen from September 

 to November, and remain some time on the tree : they are 3-5 in. by 0-6-0-9 in., 



^ Tiruvannamalai Working Plan, vSouth Arcot, 1902. 



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