l56 ^dHEST TREES. 



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



Fl. Sylv. 127, t 35. 

 References-— Pharm. Ind. ; Diet, of EcOn. Pioi, 



of Ind. 



In tlie Malnad, tliis fine tree attains a great height 

 and affords dense shade from its spreading brianches. 

 But in the early stages of growth it assumes a com- 

 pact conical form- It is sacred to the consort of 

 Siva, and the fragrant flowers produced in globular 

 heads are offered at some of the native shrines. 

 These flowers are most odoriferous at night and are 

 supposed by the Hindus to possess some magnetic 

 influence in the interests of love. "The tree is 

 planted near villages and temples, and is held to be 

 sacred. It is the Arbor Generationis of the Mairatha 

 Kunbis, arid a branch of it is brought into the house 

 at the time of their marriage ceremonies." 



PharmacograpMa Indica. 



Wood white with a yellowish tinge, soft and 

 open grained, cracks^ when exposed. Weight about 

 40 lb. per cubic foot. Graham Anderson says' it is 

 useless, except for making bath-brick bo^ds. 

 Dombers use it for their play-posts and, occasionally, 

 when better timber is not at hand, it may be used 

 for various domestic purposes. The fruit and bark 

 are medicinal ; and the tree is occasionally referred 

 to by English settlers as the ' wild cinchona.' Fruits 

 confluent into a spherical mass, the size of a small 

 " brarige. 



Cultivation. — It is only in the moist region of the 

 hills, where this tree attains its full size and beauty 

 and where it is'reproduced by seeds and offsets. The 

 globular flower heads are orange-coloured, with 

 white club-fdrmed stigmas projecting well beyond 

 the corollas. Very ornamental. 

 314 Adina cbrdifolia, Hook. Kan. Bachanige, Hettega, 



Tetfega, 'Hedde, Arsinatega. 



Fig.-Brand:ForJ Fl. 263, t. 33. 



