MTSOEfi AND OOOMi 9/^' 



water at all. At six montlLS of age the seedlings^ 

 stould be carefully transplanted into tile-pots or 

 wicker baskets, wHcb. are removed at once to a pro- 

 tection ground. The species affects warm rocky 

 situations where the soil is neither very rich nor 

 very poor. Permanent saplings should stand 20 feet 

 apart. Grovernment plantations would be likely to 

 succeed well in the direction of Maklidrug, Thonde-r 

 bhavi and Groribidnur. 

 203 Pterocarpus IVIarsupium, Roxb. Kan. Hone, 



Honne, Bibla. 



Fig.-^Sot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 21 \ Bentl. ^ Trim. t. 81. 



References-— -F?- of . Brit. Ind. ; Did. of Ecpn. 

 Prod, of Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. 



The Indian kino tree. Common in all the deciduous 

 forests of Mysore and Coorg, but small and rare in 

 the drier zones. Leaves 5 — 7 pinnate, deciduous, or 

 often only subdeciduous, in the months of June or 

 July, Flowering in October, and maturing fruit in 

 February; flowers golden-yellow. Pod roundish, wing- 

 ed, containing one or two seeds. Wood close-grained, 

 reddish-brown, tough, strong, durable, seasons well 

 and takes a good polish. Weighs 53 lb. per cubic 

 foot. Stains yellow when wetted and discolors moist 

 plaster. Except that it is somewhat difi&cult to work, 

 this timber possesses great merit and frequently 

 sells almost as well as teak; it makes beautiful 

 furniture and is widely utilised for carts, felloes, 

 posts, window frames, doors and agricultural imple- 

 ments. The bark when wounded, or naturally, yields 

 a beautiful crimson gum — the true kino of commerce— 

 which forms one of the minor produ.cts of the State 

 forests. Kino is an article of export and is locally 

 offered for sale in the form of blackish-red angular 

 fragments full of cracks; and owing to its high 

 export value, TulasKiuo' (Buteafrondosa) and other 

 inferior substitutes are replacing the true kiao in 



