86 POBEST TREES. 



183 Spondias acuminata, Roxb. 



Nothing is definitely known of this species, which 

 is described in the Flora of British India as " an 

 elegant middling sized tree apparently differing from 

 S. mangifera chie&j in the smaller leaves with longer . 

 points, the very short panicle and smooth stone." 

 The tree should be searched for in the hill forests. 4| 



184 Schinus Molle, Linn. ^ 

 Fig.— Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. 



The bastard pepper tree. Introduced from Brazil 

 and cultivated for ornament in the cities of Banga- 

 lore and Mysore. A small evergreen tree of weep- ; 

 ing habit. Often mistaken for a weeping-willcw J; 

 tree to which it bears some resemblance, except in 

 colour. But exclusive of distant effect, there is really 

 tio resemblance between the two species, which be- , 

 long to widely separated families. Leaves glaucous.:;| 

 For planting on lawns, behind tombstones and on 

 the banks of garden ponds or streams, we have' 

 nothing to surpass the graceful habit of this tree. 

 It grows rapidly in any loose soil of rich or moder- 1 

 ately rich quality, but does not retain its beauty so 

 long as the willow. It is a resinous tree. 



XXVIII, MORINGEiE. 



185 Moringa pterygosperma, GriERTN. Kan. Nugge. 

 Tf'ig.—Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Gollection ; Bedd. 



Fl. Sylv. t. 80. 



References.— Oici. of Econ. Prod, of Ind. ; 

 Brand. For. il. 129; Pharm. Ind. 

 A small soft-wooded tree, plentifully found in back- 

 yards, village enclosures and cultivated garden land 

 all over the country. To Bnghsh denizens it is fami- 

 liar under the appellations " drumstick" and " horse- 

 radish tree. " Medicinal properties are attributed to 

 nearly every part of the plant, while the flowers, 



