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they have a chance. Red and yellow dyes, called 

 Oiihian, are afforded by the honey-scented flowers. 

 The bark is medicinal. 



Cultivation- — It will be seen from Mr. Graham 

 Anderson's remarks that there is no difficulty in pro- 

 pagating this useful tree. It grows fairly well on 

 the maidan also, although a little stunted in size. 

 Plant in deep soil/ at 30 feet apart. 



Gedrela serrata] Royle. is looked upon by Indian 

 authors as a distinct species, but Hiern, in the 

 Flora of British India, includes it as a form of C. 

 Toona. 



It is well described by Brandis in his excellent 

 Forest Flora. The West Indian cedar, Gedrela odor- 

 ata, has recently been introduced and is being esta- 

 blished in the Lal-Bagh. This species is said to 

 furnish timber of exceptional quality. 

 150 Chloroxylon swietenia, DC, Kan. Huragalu, 



Masi, Masnudla. 

 Fig.— Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 11, 



References.— u-'flW9i6. Man, Timb. ; Brand. For. 

 Fl. ; Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 



The Indian satin-wood tree. A moderate-sized 

 deciduous tree ; usually Tery> small in the maidan 

 but attaining a larger size towards the hills. Leaf- 

 lets small, in 10 — 15 pairs, pale green. Wood 

 hard, yellow-mottled and prettily veined, dark to- 

 wards the centre ; possesses a fine satiny lustre and 

 is admirably adapted for the most delicate pieces of 

 cabinetwork, carpentry and turnery. Weight 56 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



" Heartwood somewhat black, heavy, and not 

 ^easily burnt, so that when a log catches fire the 

 outer layer only will be burned. It is used for 

 beams, posts, sugar-cane crushes, boats, planks and 

 charcoal." M. Venhatnarnappa. 



But in addition to these local ugeg satin wood is 



