l6S ■'"FblESi' l*REEg.' 



225 Hardwickia plnnata, Eoxb. Kan. Yenne mara. 

 Fig.-Bedd. FL Sylv. L 255. 



References.— (?aTO&. Man. Timb.; Bid. of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



A large tree of the Malnad and Western Ghats. It 

 yields, from the heartwood, a balsamic oleo-resin 

 of some importance. The following is an abbre- \ 

 viated note of Mr. Broughton's report on the oil ; — 



" It appears to consist of chemically different 

 resins in an essential oil, is in fact an oleo-resin. 

 Like the wood oils from the different species of 

 Dipterocarpus, it greatly resembles, both in composi- 

 tion and properties, the Copaiva balsam, though it 

 lacks the transparency and hght yellow colour of 

 the latter. It is nearly entirely soluble in ammonia, 

 but does not produce a clear solution. The essential 

 oil has the same composition as that from Copaiva 

 balsam. 



The balsam is well worthy of being tried in 

 medicine, smce from the composition it appears to 

 be well suited for employment, at least in the 

 neighbourhood of the country in which it is collect- 

 ed." 



The timber is used for building in the inhabited 

 locaHties where it grows. Weight about 47 lb. per 

 cubic foot. Heartwood brown, and much reduced in 

 proportion to the sap wood. 



226 Saraca indica, Linn. Kan, Asoka, Ashoka, 



Achenge- 



Tig.-Wight Ic. t. 206. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 57. 



References.— FZ. of Brit. Ind.; Diet, of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



An evergreen tree of great beauty, especially 

 while m young leaf and flower- Ascending to 3,000 

 feet in the Malnad and Coorg, but often planted on 

 the plains, in gardens, and in the vicinity of temples. 



