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temples. It is also durable under ground and is said 

 to resist the attacks of wliite ants. The liber, or 

 inner bark, is exceedingly bitter and its astringent 

 and febrifuge properties induced Roxburgh, to re- 

 commend it as a substitute for the Peruvian bark. 

 Although locally used for building and in native 

 medicine, the species has, as yet, no commercial 

 value. Whether this-is due to its scarcity or to 

 ignorance of its useful qualities, is imknown. Being 

 rich in tannic acid, the bark should soon take a fore- 

 most place among commercial tans. 



Easily raised from seed but otherwise the culti- 

 vation is unknown. The species is said to be ex- 

 tremely prejudicial to coffee cultivation. 

 148 Chickrassia tabularis, Ade. Juss. Kan. Dal mara, 



Gavuda ? 



Fig.-Bedd, Fl. Sylv. t. 9. Wight III I t. 56. 



'References.— Brand. For. Fl 66, Qamb. Man, 

 Timb. 76. Diet. ofEcon. Prod, of Ind. 

 A tall evergreen tree of the Malnad and Coorg. 

 Yields a superior timber which is extensively used in 

 Madras, Bengal and parts of Burmah, as " Chitta- 

 gong wood." This product possesses nearly all the 

 qualities necessary for first-class cabinet-work, being 

 beautifully marked, durable, fragrant, easily worked 

 and susceptible of a fine glossy pohsh. Weight 

 40 to 52 lb. per cubic foot. Bark highly astrin- 

 gent but not bitter. The fl'owers afford dyes of red 

 and yellow colours. A specimen tree may be seen 

 in the Botanical Gardens, where it grows rather 

 slowly but with a straight trunk. 



Ctdtivation. — Seedlings are easily raised, but 

 subsequent growth is not very rapid unless the soil 

 is loose and rich. In a situation where these condi- 

 tions are afforded, the Chittagong-wood tree would 

 form splendid avenues. 



