MTSOEE AND OOOEG. 91 



Branches pale*grey. Prickles black. Leaflets twice 

 as long as broad, tbe end one very long and ovate 

 to oboTate-oblong. Uses of the species unrecorded. 



193 Erythrina suberosa, Roxb. A deciduous tree of 

 tlie lower ranges of the Western Ghats, attaining a 

 height of 40 — 50 feet. Distinguished from the other 

 species by its ruptured, corky bark, yellowish prick- 

 les, and pilose tomentum on the underside of the leaf. 



Wood similar to that of E. indica, and may be ap- 

 plied to the same uses. 



194 Erythrina glauca, Willd, An American tree 

 cultivated in the Lal-Bagh, where it attains a height 

 of 60 — 60 feet. Leaves glaucous. The new species 

 E. caffra and E. laUssima,haYe recently been intro- 

 duced from Africa. 



195 Butea frond osa, Roxb. Kan. Muttaga. 



Fig.— Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Bedd. El. 



Sylv. t. 176. 



The Pulas kino tree. Commonly known in the 

 north as the " dhak tree." Medium sized. Leaves 

 deciduous in the cold season, and preceded in 

 February or March, by a gorgeolis display of orange- 

 crimson flowers. Very common in some of the maidan 

 tracts of Mysore and Coorg, also in the large tim- 

 ber forests of South Mysore. When in fiJI blos- 

 som the tree is a conspicuous object throughout the 

 above districts. The poHshed leaflets are popu- 

 larly used by the Brahmins in lieu of plates ; and 

 the small twigs and branchlets are collected for- 

 sacrificial functions. Wood of little value except 

 under submersion, when it is said to be dur- 

 able. ' Weight 35 lb. per cubic foot. These uses, 

 added to the medicinal properties of several parts of 

 the species, render it one of the best known trees in 

 India. When wounded, the bark yields a ruby 

 coloured gum of an astringent and brittle nature 

 commonly called "bastard kino." The flowers, treat- 

 ed with d.um, yield the dye commonly used during 



