8 ]?OEEST TREES. 



the local \ises of this tree are undescribed. More 

 local mformation is needed, with good herbarium 

 specimens. 



16 Bocagea Dalzellii, H. F. and T. 



Fig.-Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t 42. 



References.— F/. of Brit. Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. 

 This is a moderate-sized tree of the Malnad; 

 perhaps not very abundant. It affords good timber 

 of a reddish colour said to be used in house-bmldmg. 

 The leaves, which are not unlike those of the 

 Portugal laurel, are applied as a fomentation ■ in 

 rheumatism. The crowded white flowers, succeeded 

 by smooth fruit the size and form of a large marble, 

 each containing two seeds, are prominent characters 

 of this species. 



IV. CAPPARIDE^. 



17 Crataeva religiosa, Forst. Kan. Nervala, Goorg, 



Nerujani, Vitasi ? 



References.— Dici. of Econ. Prod, of Ind.; 

 Pharm. Ind. ; Fl. of Brit. Ind. 



A small tree frequenting the banks of streams 

 and rivers, unarmed and glabrous. Leaves de- 

 ciduous, 3 — ^foliolate, long petioled, average leaflet 

 41 X 1 in. 



Flowers 3 in. diam., in corymbs at the ends of 

 the branches; yellow changing to purple. Fruit 

 globose or ovoid according to variety, t7he size of 

 a small bael-ffuit. 



Wood soft aiid even-grained. Said to be used for 

 drums, combs, and m turnery. Leaves and bark 

 medicinal. This small tree, which is very showy 

 while m flower is often planted in native burial 

 grounds. It does not succeed in very di-y situa- 



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