MYSORE AND flOOECf, 155 



Cultivation.— The species is propagated from seed 

 and offsets, but in either method the growth is exceed- 

 ingly slow at first ; and the most careful treatment 

 will often result in a stunted shrub. In tracts where 

 the tree is established, reproduction is best attained 

 by coppicing, which induces the lateral growth of 

 numerous offsets. 



311 Cornus macrophylla, Wall. Kan. Hadaga. 

 B.eferences.-Brand. For. Fl. 253. Fl. of Brit. 

 Ind. 



Lovery describes this as « a large tree found in 

 the Malnad, but very scarce. Wood finely close- 

 gramed and fit to be worked up and pohshed. Good 

 for building and furniture." In the deciduous forests 

 of the maidan, it does not attain a very great size, 

 but the wood appears to be used for paddy grinders 

 and agricultural implements. More information is • 

 needed as to the condition, merit, and uses of the 

 species. The fruit is edible, and goats are said to 

 browse on the leaves, 



Cornus capitata, Wall, should be feund on the hills. 

 It IS a small hairy tree having dense heads of .con- 

 nate flowers subtended by four large white bracts, 



XL. RUBIACE-ffi. 



312 Sarcocephalus cordatus, Miq. 

 Fig.— Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 318. 



Refereiices.-.ff«r0. For. Fl Burm. ; Gamble 

 Man. Timh. 218. 



A small tree cultivated in the Botanical Gardens. 

 Indigenous to parts of Ceylon and Burmah. An 

 ornamental species with globular heads of yellowish 

 flowers which are very fragrant. T^ood rather light 

 and coarse gramed. Beddome hag recorded that it 

 is used for making sandals. Fruits combined in a 

 round fleshy mass, the size of a potato-plum. 



313 Anthocephalus CadamJja. m<i,Kan, Kadaral, 



