70 FOREST TREES. 



widely utilised for agricultural and engineering 

 work in various parts of India, one of its chief 

 merits being durability under water. It thus pos- 

 sesses the remarkable dual property t)f resisting both 

 fire and water ! It turns well and is employed in 

 Europe for making the backs of brushes, stetho- 

 scopes and fancy articles. 



Cultivation.— In the maidan, growth is exceedingly 

 slow, and as seeds collected at Kankanhalli and else- 

 where never germinate, the species is not propagated. 

 Seeds from the Malnad should be sown. 



151 Swietenla Mahagoni, Linn. 

 Fig.— Hook. Bot. MiscclL i. 1. 16, 17. 

 Reference-— Brand. For. Fl. 



This important timber tree, indigenous to Central 

 America and the West Indies, is cultivated in the 

 Lal-Bagh, and during the past four years about 

 2,000 seedlings have been estabhshed in the Govern- 

 ment exotic plantation at Hebbal. 



The largest of these are now twelve feet high and 

 promise to yield good timber. The large leaved 

 mahogany, Swieterda macrophylla, is also success- 

 fully cultivated in the-Botanical Gardens. 



XXI. OLACINEiE, 



152 Ximenia americana, Willd, Kan. Nagare. 



A woody shrub of the maidan tracts. Flowers 

 small, white, and fragrant. " The fruit is edible 

 and the wood is used as a substitute for sandal- 

 wood." Flora of Brit. Ind. 



153 Olax SCandenS, Roxb. Tel. Turka-Tepa, Bapana- 



musliti, 



References.-FZ. of Brit. Ind. ; Bid. of Ecmi.. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



A vigorous evergreen climber with a trunk the 



