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which is commonly used by the poorer classes for 

 washing their clothes. Soapnuts have therefore a 

 local market value of Rs. 1 — 12 — to Rs. 2 per 

 maund of 25 lbs. 



Medicinal properties are attributed to the root, 

 bark, fruit, and oil, the latter being a saponaceous 

 product of the seed. 



Wood hard, yellow, cross-grained and not very 

 durable. Occasionally used for building carts, but 

 more commonly as handles to axes and similar 

 tools, it is also used for making combs. 



Cultivation- — ^^^^ Eugati is propagated from seed 

 and suckers, the latter being plentiftiUy self-pro- 

 ductive in favorable localities. Loam, clay, and 

 black-cotton soils are favorable to growth. Plant 

 sturdy seedlings, or transplant offsets, at 35 to 40 

 feet apart. 



168 Nephelium Litchi, Oamb. 



An evergreen fruit-tree cultivated in the Lal- 

 Bagh, and in various parts of India. Introduced 

 from South China. Quantities of seedlings are raised 

 from local trees every year. 



169 Nephelium Longana, Oamb. somewhat similar 

 to the last named but having a smaller and less 

 palatable fruit. The Logan tree is said to be 

 indigenous to the Western Peninsula. It is cul- 

 tivated in the Botanical Gardens. 



170 Dodonasa viSCOSa, Linn; Kan. Bandrike, Bandare, 



Bandri. 



'Pig.—Bot Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Wight 

 III. i. t. 52. 



'RQferenoes-~Brand. For. Fl. 113; Diet, of E con. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



This evergreen s^fub abounds on the plains of 

 Mysore, and as a fuel plant it is widely consumed 

 by the poorer classes^ Being of a resinous nature, it 



