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exhibits a closeness of grain and other characteristics rendering 

 it deserving of further inquiry. 



2. Mimusops elengi. Magadam-maram. Pondicherry, MaA 

 dura. — This wood is said to be employed in cabinet-making, and 

 appears, from the specimens here presented, to be well suited to 

 that purpose, being light, with a tolerably close and even grain. 

 Dr Wight speaks of it as a cultivated plant, not much used, and 

 little known : this merits further inquiry. 



3. Sethia indica. Devadarum, Sembulinga. Madura, Ban- 

 galore, Guntur, Hyderabad. — This wood is described and men- 

 tioned by Wight, who considers it identical with Eryihroxylon 

 areolatum. Ainslie (Mat. Med. 4to ed., pp. 187, 213) was in- 

 formed that a kind of wood oil was obtained from this tree in the 

 Tinnevelly district. He adds that the wood is small, of a reddish 

 brown colour, and very fragrant, so that the people of Mysore 

 use it instead of sandal-wood. 



The rest of the woods found in the Madura Collection were 

 noticed in the jury's report at the Exhibition of 1855. 



Palghat. — The collection from Palghat is exhibited by Kistna 

 Chettyar. The specimens, 102 in number, are small, but have 

 been arranged with great care, the native and botanical names 

 being given with each specimen. The jury notice in this col- 

 lection Conocarpus latifolius, which will be subsequently referred 

 to in the Coimbatore collection. They observe also a specimen 

 of Dichrostachys tinerea. Vadatata-maram, Tarn. Veluturu 

 chettu, Tel. — This is described in Wight's List, No. 105, as a 

 email tree, or rather large shrub ; wood very hard and strong, but 

 too small for any except common purposes. 



Coimbatore. — The collection from Coimbatore, Kistna, Mara- 

 mut supt. exhibitor, consists of 34 specimens, about 13 inches 

 long, with a cross section of 3 inches square. Great pains appear 

 to have been taken in the preparation of these samples, and in the 

 determination of the names. Almost all the trees best known 

 and most highly valued in this part of India are represented 

 in this collection. Among those which deserve notice here, are, — 



Briedelia spinosa. Mullu-veng§. Coimbatore. — This is de- 



