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small gregarions tree of the Indian littoral, extend- 

 ing inland as far as Cacliar and the Khasia Hills ; 

 a doubtful native of Mysore, but cultivated in the 

 Botanical Gardens, where it fruits abundantly". 

 Although small, the wood is highly spoken of and 

 commands a high price in the forests of the Sundar- 

 bans. It weighs 65 lb. per cubic foot, and is verj 

 durable. 



Cultivation. — Each woody capsule contains one 

 lar^e seed, but unless the latter is set free by cutting 

 off the top of the capsule, germination will take two 

 or three years, so tenacious is the fruit. Sown with 

 opened capsules, the seeds germinate in the course 

 of a few weeks. Plant in sandy soil, if a little 

 saline all the better, at 15 to 20 feet apart. 

 When nicely grown the species is distinctly orna- 

 mental. 



73 Kleinhpvia Hospita, Linn. 



A small but very ornamental tree, cultivated in 

 the Lal-Bagh. Used for avenues in Calbutta and 

 Poona. In Java, where the species seems to attain 

 a larger size than in India, the old wood is held 

 in value. 



Cultivation. — Seeds taken from local trees have 

 not germinated. Layers can be removed, but it is 

 a slow process which doeS ' not succeed in every 

 attempt. Being a very bushy tree with branches 

 down to the ground, it makes , a fine central 

 object in a latge shrubbery. • 



74 Helicteres'lsora, Linn. Kan. Yedamuri, Kavargi. 



Pig — Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Wight 

 Ic. t. 180. 



References-— ^^'c^. ofEcon. Prod, of Ind.; Gamble 

 Man. Timb. 

 The country screw-tree. So called from the 

 fact of the fine slender carpels being twisted to- 

 gether spirally, so as to resemble a ccrk-scfew. 



