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3. Acacia leucophlcea. Vel-vaila, Tarn, Telia tumma, Tel. 

 Kikar, Hind. — A good dark-coloured wood, but generally small. 

 The specific name is given from the whitish colour of the bark, 

 which is used in distilling arrack. This Acacia is easily distin- 

 guished by its panicled globular inflorescence and stipulary 

 thorns. (Wight, No. 115 ; Tinnevelly.) 



4. Acacia odoratissima. Karu-veng§, Tarn,- — A strong and 

 heavy wood, of rapid growth, attaining considerable size, and 

 well suited for naves and fellows of wheels. The tree is abun- 

 dant, and grows in almost any soil. The grain is ornamental, 

 but rather open. (Wight, No. 1889 ; Coimbatore, Travancore, 

 Palghat, Palamkota, Bellary.) 



5. Acacia speciosa. Dirasana, Tel. Vel-veng§, Tarn. — A very 

 serviceable timber, easily procured at Madras. This is the A, 

 sirissa, which is extensively planted along the Ganges Canal. 

 The tree is of large size and rapid growth ; the wood of light 

 colour, 'durable, and very hard. (Wight, No. 116 ; Coimbatore, 

 Guntur, Hyderabad.) 



6. Acacia sundra. Karangali, Tam.-~- A very hard, heavy, 

 and durable wood, used for posts and rice pestles. The tree is 

 rather large and abundant, but the wood is not generally to be ob- 

 tained in the market in planks of any size. At Guntur, Mr Eohde 

 states that posts 5 feet long are procurable at Es. 12 per 100. 

 These are well suited for fencing, though the non-elastic nature 

 of the wood is unfavourable to the holding of nails driven into 

 it. The natives regard it as the most durable wood for posts 

 in house-building. (Wight, No. 13; Coimbatore, Travancore, 

 Palghat, Hyderabad.) 



7-. Adansonia digitata. Baobab tree. Papara pulia-maram, 

 Tarn. — A tree of immense girth, introduced from Africa, but 

 now found all over the Presidency ; the leaves are eaten, and 

 the fruit is used as a float, but the wood is useless, being light, 

 open, and perishable. (Hort. Garden, 1.) 



8. Adenanthera pavonina. Wood hard, durable, red, yielding 

 dye, not procurable generally in any quantity. — The tree is of 

 handsome appearance. (Hort. Garden, 2.) 



* Acacia stipulate, yields a close-grained timber. This was not exhibited, 

 nor were any of the Australian apecies, introduced to the Nilgiris. 



