12 FOREST TREES. 



per cubic foot. The Bangalore climate is a lit ■ ■ 

 dry for the best growth of this useful ^®^'f ^f V' 

 efforts should be made to establish it in the ^^^^xi, 

 where it would thrive well and- eventvially am to 

 forest revenue. It thrives best in a deep virgm 

 soil near the banks of streams. 

 24 Hydnocarpus Wightiana, Blume. Tel. Niradi- 



vittulu, 



Fig—WigJit. III. i. t. 16. 



References.— FZ. of Brit. Ind. ; Diet, of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind.; Fhaim. Ind. 

 This fine tree is occasionally met with on the 

 extreme western boundary. Leaves alternate, 

 shortly petiolate ; elliptic to oblong -lanceolate, apex 

 acuminate ; average blade 8 x 3 in. Flowers soli- 

 tary or racemed, corolla white, one inch in diam. 

 Fruit globose, the size of an apple, woolly or rough. 

 The medicinal oil expressed from the seed is locally 

 applied to vdcers and skin eruptions, but it is 

 scarcely a marketable article- The quality of the 

 timber is unknown, except that it attains a large 

 size. Specimens are wanted for the herbarium, 



25 Hydnocarpus alplna, Wight, Kan. Sanna solti^ 



Torathi. 



Tig— Wight. Ic. t. 942. 



References.-Dicf. of Econ.. Prod, of Ind.;Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 



This handsome tree attains to a maximum height^ 

 of 100 feet. It is a grand object for avenues and 

 scenic planting, but would not succeed well on the- 

 plains. Beddome remarks that the wood " answers 

 as deal for general purposes, packing cases and 

 firewood." Herbarium specimens, with matured' 

 seed, should be collected and forwarded to head-- 

 quarters by the Malnad forest officers. ; 



