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PO'RrST TTtflES. 



liot weather in advance of the young leaves, and are 

 onspicuous by their disagreeable odonr. Trunk long 

 and straight, furnishing spars foi" native craft in 

 some parts. The wood is lasting and takes on a 

 good polish. The large almond-like seeds are 

 eaten, on which account the species may occasion- 

 ally be determined through the "Vernacular names 

 for the " country almond." It should not, however, 

 be confoiindedwith Terminalia catafiM,- which affords 

 the proper country almond, so called. An oil is 

 expressed from the seed; and the bark and leaves 

 possess medicinal properties. 



Cultivation.— Propagate from seeds, and plant 

 out the following year when the seedhngs are a foot 

 to eighteen inches in heiglit. Growth is slow and 

 stunted except in deep fertile soils, where there is 

 perennial moisture. 



65 Stercuiia urenS, RoxB. &'««. Kempu dale, Penari? 



'Pig.-Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh CoUrdion. 

 References,-^/, of Brit Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. ; 

 Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 



A medium sized tree having soft wood covered 

 by a whitish outer bark of a thin papery nature. 

 Leaves palmately 5-Iobed, mostly at the ends of the 

 branches. Flowers small, yellowish. Follicles (fruit) 

 armed with stinging bristles, The gum which 

 exudes from the trunk and limbs has a local market 

 value of about 12 rupees per cwt. It is said to be 

 used for native swcrtmeat.s and as a substilute for 

 tvao^acanth. An oil is expressed from the seed, and 

 the latter is eaten m lieu of almonds. 



66 Stercuiia viliosa, R )x;;. Kan. u.is.i, Bili dalemara 

 " A lar^-e tree found in the ^lalnad, but very 



scarce. Wood firmly elnsr-grniTied and fit to be 

 worked Lip and polished. Gnod for building and furni- 

 ture. Lovery. 



