PREFACE TO THE EIEST EDITION. 



This list of some of the trees of Mysore and 

 Ooorg is published, with the sanction of the Chief 

 Commissioner, for the use of Forfest Officers and Dis- 

 trict Oificers. It is interleaved to admit of additions 

 or corrections. With the exception of a few well 

 known trees, the vernacular names of trees in 

 Mysore and Coorg vary in almost every single 

 district, and this gives rise to both inconvenience and 

 confusion. Before a list of Mysore and Coorg 

 trees can be considered to be complete in its nomen- 

 clature, a large collection of verified synonyms is 

 wanted. The present list will, it is hoped, be the 

 small beginning of a valuable compilation. It can 

 be extended without altering its shape. Natural 

 Orders, as may be necessary, can be inserted in their 

 proper places. 



2. The probationers lately appointed to the 

 Department, have all received a very good grounding 

 in Botany ; and the Forest Divisional Officers under 

 whom they are placed have been requested to 

 furnish them with the means of forming good her- 

 bariums, and to see that they do so. "When they 

 have succeeded in collecting and in properly identi- 

 fying a number of the yet unknown trees of Mysore, 

 and when much additional knowledge has been 

 collected and recorded by District ^ and Forest 

 Officers regarding the economic uses of trees and 



