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A lofty tree of the Maliiad. The local economy 

 of this species is unknown, but Graham Anderson gives 

 the following remarks under the vernacular appel- 

 lation " Hanal Taree," which may be applicable to 

 the tree under notice.. . , 



'* A very lofty, deciduous tree, with extremely 

 large buttresses at the base of Ae stem. Glenerally 

 growing in moist ravines. When young, the plants 

 somewhat resemble those of, the JacA, or Eulsen. 

 The wood is very soft and perishable." In drawing 

 attention to the saccate glands seen on the under 

 surface of the leaves in this and other species of 

 Elxocarpibs, Masters suggests that they may be the 

 result of insect agency. 

 94 Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, Eoxb. Kan. Rudrat, 



Eudraksti, Dandla. 



■Eig.—MeM. Fl. Syh.t. 113. Wight Ic. 62. 

 References— -Boa;?*. Fl. Ind.; Fl. of Brit, Ind. 

 A magnificient , , tree , of .. SQuth-west Mysore, . and 

 Coorg. ^he obovate-serrate leaves are often a 

 foot in length by 4— 5 inches in width, .crowded 

 towards the ends of the branches. The, species 

 should not be '. confounded with Giiazvma tomen- 

 tosa, an introduced tree, which has recently 

 acquired the same ' vernacular name, ' Rudrakshi,' 

 owing to a resemblance in the tubercled fruit. But 

 on close inspection it will be seen that the fruits 

 are quite different, arid the one under nqtice is usu- 

 ally worn as a charm or rosary by the faJdrs of 

 the country. It is believed that the finest nuts of 

 the kind, however, are obtained from Elseocarpus 

 Ganitrus,- a tree of Nepal, Ohittagong and the Malay 

 Archipelago. They are the " Utrasum beads" of 

 the Shivas. There are few trees more ornamental 

 than this one, but the species clings to the moist 

 region of the lower Grhats and would be of no value 

 on the plains of India. The quality of the timber is 



