MYSORE AND COORG, 71 



thickness of a man's thigh. Destructive to young 

 trees, which it rapidly invests and subsequently 

 smothers by its far reaching shoots. 



XXII. CELASTRINE^. 



154 Gymnosporia montana, Roxb, Kan. Tandrasi. 



mg.-Wi^U Ic. 383. Bedd. Fl. Syh. Anal. Gen. 



References— ^rancZ. For. Fl. 81. Bict.of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 

 This prickly bush is exceedingly common in the 

 scrub tracts of the Bangalore District, whereit some- 

 times spreads to the exclusion of every other shrub. 

 On the Bombay side the branches are employed 

 as dunnage for the roofs of houses. When soften- 

 ed by beating, the leaves become useful as a green 

 food for cattle. 

 155Celastrus paniculata.WiLLD. Kan.'S.a,-D.gondi,Ka,v'i. 



ganne. 



Fig.-Wight III. 179 ; Wight Ic. t. 158. 



References-— iSrancZ. Fm, Fl. 82. Diet, of 



Econ, Prod, of Ind. 



A scandent shrub of the low hills and scrub tracts. 



Useful medicinal properties are attributed to the 



seed and oil, both of which are marketable articles 



in the ba,zaars. 



156 Elaeodendron giaucum, Pees. Kan. Mukd,rive. 

 ^ig-— Wight m. 17S, t. 71. Bedd.Fl.Sylv, Anal 

 Gen. 67. 



A small evergreen tree of the plains. The leaves, 

 bark and roots, possess medicinal properties and are 

 said to be astringent. The root is considered an 

 ^htidote for snake-bite. Wood moderately hard 

 and durable, used for cabinet work, combs and 



