140 Forest trees. 



279 Calycopteris floribunda, Lamk. Kan. Marsada- 



boli — The Hassan name. 



A large climbing shrub, the leaves, root, and fruit 

 of which are used medicinally. 



XXXII. MYRTACiE. 



280 Tristania conferta, E. Bb. 



Queensland box. Introduced from Eastern Aus- 

 tralia and cultivated in the Lal-Bagh. " Diameter 

 35 to 50 inches; height 80 to 100 feet. A large 

 spreading tree, with a smooth brown deciduous bark 

 and dense foliage ; very generally distributed in 

 open forest ground. The timber is much prized for 

 its strength and durable qualities. Market value 

 from 8 s. to 9 s. per hundred feet. Used in ship- 

 building ; ribs of vessels from this tree have lasted 

 unimpaired for thirty years and more. " Walter HiU. 



281 Eucalyptus marginata, Sm. The Jarrah. 



282 E. rostrata, F. Muislg, The red gum. 



283 E. citriodora, Hook. The lemon- scented gum. 

 'I'hese exotic trees are cultivated in the cities of 



Mysore and Bangalore, where they succeed tolerably 

 well. But most of the Austrahan Eucalypti, includ- 

 ing the " blue gum, " Eucalyptus globulus, require 

 higher and moister altitudes than Bangalore. Should 

 it be necessary to cultivate the latter on an exten- 

 sive scale, as at Ootacamund, the Baba Budan hills 

 would probably afPord the best site for the purpose, 

 A number of species are under trial in the BotaniQali 

 Gardens. 



The Eucalypti are easily raised from seed, and 

 seedlings transplant well during rainy days, when 

 they are a foot to lo inches in height. 

 284 Psidium guyava, Linn. Kan. Sibe. Shibe, Chepe, 



Fig.— ^oi;. Lal-Bagh Collection. 



