^8 FOREST TKEES. 



rather short duration, it is usually planted in various 

 nooks and corners, where species of a more perma- 

 nent nature would not be put. It coppices well, and is 

 usually renovated by that practice when the crops • 

 of fruit are falling olf or when a tree becomes un- 

 shapely. 



Easily propagated from cuttings of the matured 

 wood. For exclusive planting the trees should be put 

 out at 15 — 20 feet apart. Ordinary garden land suits 

 admirably, but occasional top-dressings of lime at one 

 time and rotted farm-yard manure at another will 

 sustain the trees and make them more productive of 

 fruit and seed. These remarks apply to both the 

 Moringas. 



XXIX. LEGUMINOSiE, 



187 Sesbania cegyptiaca, Pees. Kan. Jinangi, 



Fig.— Bo^. Plates Lal-Bagli Collection; Wiaht 

 Ic. t. 32. ^ 



'Reference,— Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 



A soft- wooded shrub or small tree usually found 



in swamps and nullahs, Attains maturity rapidlyl 



and lives for only 3 — 5 years. I 



It is occasionally planted as a support to the betel 

 vine, but is most prized for its medicinal leaves and 

 seed. The pith of the stem is employed by fisher- 

 men as floats, while the woody parts afford good 

 material for making gunpowder-charcoal. The 

 species IS self-productive in moist situations. 



188 Sesbania aculeata, Pebs. is a smaller prickly 

 species of annual duration. Found in similar 

 situations. 



189 Sesbania grandiflora, Pees. Kan. Agase. 

 Fig.-Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. 

 Refexerice.-Bict. of Econ. Prod, of Ind 



A slender short-lived tree of domestic cultivation 



