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cinal, but is best known to the hill peasants as an 

 incense a^d varnish. It is popularly known bj the 

 'Tamil name Vellai-kwngiliycbm. 



" When young, affords good shade, but coffee 

 generally suffers in the vicinity of large trees. It 

 grows to an immense size and yields a strong- 

 scented resin, used as incense in temples. 



The drupe (capsule) consists of a leathery covering 

 of a dark-blue color, inclosing a very hard brown 

 nut, with openings for three kernels, but generally 

 ■containing only one or two, which are eaten by 

 children and contain an oil which can be pressed 

 ■out da. the blade of a knife. 



Timber very tough and cross-grained, not durable 

 and readily decays if exposed to damp. Glood for 

 door planks but difficult to adze." Graham Anderson. 



The Dhupa tree has white, fragrant flowers, 

 nearly an inch across. 



Cultivation.— Abundantly produced from seed, 

 and only succeeding well in a moist alpine situation 

 where the virgin soil is deep and rich. Useless for 

 the dry plains- 



IX. MALVACE^. 



46 Malachra capitata, Linn. 



47 Urena lobata, Linn. 



48 Urena sinuata, Linn. 



These are abundant undershrubs yielding fine, soft 

 fibres. Malachra is not indigenous to Mysore, but 

 is now spreading from the Botanical Gardens, where 

 it has run wild. 



49 Decaschistia trilobata, WiGHf, and D. crotoni- 

 folia, Wight, are common shrubs of the scrub tracts. 

 Economic properties unknown. Garden brooms are 

 popularly made from the twigs of 8ida carinnifolia 



