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into a ag tee ai og ar sa age ane a used in medi- | more species of which furnish the Myrbelee of com- | At the top of oe iry the dense erage an Snare 
ine in India. so obtaine rom the tree in | merce, so largely imported and used for tanning and | Varies in width from 6 to 12 or 14 miles. Species 
some quantity. The wes: ield a yel rad dye, and the | q A Ne | Calophyllum, ne pal uta, Diosp (Ebony), 
as. yeing purposes, rrn with species of “i nl a : 3 
bark gives a fibre used for caulking boa Rubiaceous genus of hard-wooded trees, three mnseian | Soymida febrifuga, Lagerstroemia regina, Vateria, a d 
“ The Bassia latifolia is a tree 40 to 6o feet, found F which dea ‘bed rom R Ny a S zry ylon, are the most valuable ; also Garcinia and 
less abundantly all over fidia hwwedtk |) S o —~.. b Se a a ba, | Cedrela. The 4 urs in what is called the mixed 
its flowers, which ar as an article of f either ifolia, N. parvifolia, now referre ests, which form the belt next below the evergreens, 
raw or cooked, sometimes as a confection, and at other | respectively to Anthocephalus Cadamba, Benth. and | follow the of the ghats and their outlying 
mes as a more pene st “ egan. being cooked with ook. ; Adina cordifolia, Hook, f. an enth. ; and | hills, circling also round the southern limits of Mysore 
corn in. These flowers have naturally a sweet | Stephegyne parvifolia, Korth. Another companion | and the whole of Coorg, especially on the south-east of 
tast é and a powerful smell, piney ve m them a strong spirit | tree is Diospyros felanoxylon, a near ally to he | the latter sg in this portion eak forests are on 
is gp as p i ottani, — are t ey ai some | Ebony, and producing a similar black wood and an ; almost level groun d. 'Th est belt exte ne fri 
arts of India that they are frequently sold in the | edible fruit. In the plains below grows the Babool | 10 to 45 miles in width ; in it are situated the Cardamom 
bazaars. They fall in large quantities from the trees r . ae ç »i “a, | gardens and Coffee plan ay and Sandal-wood 
y : (Acacia arabica), one of the sou of gum-arabic, are : ' OE 
during the night, and are collect mus and dried in the sun. | And whose bark is used fort s. tomthet with | an are also interspersed in the drier portions. 
fruits are also eaten, while from the seeds a quan- | . ok gi be J a Hise, mae D th Teak is found with a large admixtu e of other species 
tity of oil is obtained, which is ‘ised f urning in lamps, | SPEC! “ugenia, Myrtaceous trees, mostly wit The best forests are in t and south, and, as before 
for ee: candles, soap, &c., and also for culinary pur edible fruits, and Buchanania latifolia, a m derate- | said, in tł uth-east of Coorg ; in o parts the Teak 
poses, more particularly amongst the poorer classes, as sized tree, belonging to the Anacardiacez, useful as | js sparse and ore os a. especially when it occurs in 
the oil soon turns rancid in the hot air of India; in a | furnishing a ple asailt a acid fruit, and a clear gum | the ‘dry forest,’ ich, after passing the two forest 
sakie climate, however, it keeps g good for a much longer from the stems. Bes these are to be seen | belts aliu ded to, Aore Mp all the rest of the province. 
Fic. 88.—vIEW IN DR. BENNETT'S GARDEN, LOOKING ,TOWARDS MENTONE. 
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time. The wood is close and even grained, strong and plendid sp fP f: The be a in which the Teak is found Pen . Ti 
durabl e, and is occasionally used for railway sleepers. minous tree, pirig urnishes East I nage no, abun e of other trees; the species of w ich are 
“ The Teak — in this forest in conjunction with | of the Satin-woodt e (Chloroxylon Swictenias, ‘the valued for building purposes and for r giving timber ofa 
the foregoing tree grows along the banks of rivers and ack (Artocarpus “iritegrifoli olia and others. large 
nulla hs, and. occasional ly on the sides of the small hills | Nimar, the most western Ean t of the Central P ro- Aeon others occur Pterocarpus Marsup pium, 
rising out of a plain near the rivers, where Bamboos | vinces, Hardwickia binata, a fine Le eguminous tree, | Terminalia tomentosa, Michelia Champaca, Schlei- 
eo . It does not, however, grow to pertucti ion in er | producing a strong and Salttable building timber, is | chera trijuga, species of Dalbergia, Xylia olabræ- 
i J P So gaine rr 200 oi the Peer i = sara | said to be now the most abundant tree in the harir | formis, Conocarpus, Ulmus integrifolia, Gmelina, 
have never had a fair denne given them, f Eai i reckless | Mysore, in which large quantities of Teak grow, 1s Lagerstrcemia microcarpa, Vitex, Eugenia, Bombax, 
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cutting and burning for ‘‘dhya”’ cultivation, which has | described as gle, Feronia, Acacia, and Daie latifolia, 
re lsew i À e timber 
practised by the jungle tribes here as elsewhere in | ‘A plateau at a mean elevation of 2000 feet above the | Many of these trees are aluable, not o 
very f Central India, has utterly prevented the | level of the sea, The bor oun ori n wards the y vest is | trees, but for other products yi 
formation of a coat of vegetable mould ich a | abu t ca, 
could grow ; but from long and extended opportunities | istu n 
f observation, I am convinced th an err | piče is 
pose that good timber of any size was ever p d on | proceedin sti 
the north sl of the Vindhayas. I cannot say that I fair, and falls at two monsoo , viz., from 
ave ever seen a mt emi n of a true forest along | froi to Se 
tember to December; and again from June ptember. 
the whole range ; all natural omer for se ie ae | But though the whole country is elevated, it is by no 
of good timber of any psn certainly wa: fe eans level; the ghats form the. great i i 
In the different districts of the Central Posi 
oe curs mixed more or less with species of Termi- 
nalia, large Combretaceous trees, the fruits of two or 
