FOREST TEEES. 



occasionally, but not usually found in the Mysore 

 country. It should not be confounded with the 

 indigenous tree Putranjiva Moxburghii, which is 

 known in the Malnad by the same vernacular name. 

 The species under notice is said to be indigenous to 

 Tanjore and the drier parts of Ceylon, where the 

 English denizens have called it the " mast tree." 

 It grows slowly at Bangalore, and produces a large 

 quantity of fruit resembling coffee berries, in 

 February and March. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 petiolate, lanceolate, tapering uniformly into a fine 

 acumen, margin undulated, glabrous and shining ; 

 average blade 7xlf in. Flowers creamy-green. 

 Beddome asserts that the seasoned wood weighs 

 37 lb. per cubic foot, and that it is used for drum 

 cyHnders. 



Cultivation.— Easily raised from seed, and grows 

 best in a deep SMidy soil under the influence of sea 

 breezes. On iiilland plains growth is unsatisfactory. 

 Plant at 20 feet apart. 



8 Polyalthia coffeoides, Benth. 



'Pig.-Bedd. Ic. Pi. Ind. Or. t. S3. 



'References.— Brandts p. 5., Fl. of Brit. Ind. 

 An ornamental tree of Western Mysore. Beddome 

 writes that " the young leaves come out a most 

 brilliant red coloiu-," also that the fresh bark, which 

 is made into ropes by the Kurambars, smells strongly 

 of ammonia. Specimens of this species should be 

 submitted from the western boundary. 



9 Polyalthia fragrans, Benth. 



Fig— Bedd. Icon. Pi. Ind. Or. t. 64. 



Eeference.-J'Z. of Brit. Ind. 

 A large evergreen tree having fragrant flowers - 

 confined to the moist forests of the Western Ghats. 

 Uses undetermined. 



