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yield a yellow dye whicli is locally known as Maddi 

 bcmna. The fruit is said to be curried and eaten. 



Psychotria. Several species of this large sub- 

 tropical genus are found in the hill tracts of Mysore. 

 They are shrubs or small trees with smooth ever- 

 green leaves and clusters of reddish berries somewhat 

 resembling small coffee berries. Those most likely 

 to be found in the hill forests are P. Thwaitesii, 

 P. truncata and P. Dalzellii. Coffee can be inarched 

 with more than one of the above named, but with 

 what result has not been proved. 



336 Rubia cordifolia, Linn, Kan.- Manjnshta. 

 Munjeet or Indian madder. A deciduous climber 



of vUlage fences, intermediate hills, and waste 

 tracts. The roots possess a colouring matter which 

 is of very ancient utility as a dye. It is not, how- 

 ever, equal to the imported European madder, which 

 is the produce of Rubia tinctoria. 



337 Hamelia patens, Jacq. 



A small evergreen tree of South America. Cul- 

 tivated in the Lal-Bagh as a hedging plant and as an 

 ornamentally- pruned bush or small tree. A row of 

 the latter may be seen on the terrace bank at the 

 Cubbon Park. 



Cultivation.— The species is unproductive of seed 

 in Mysore, so that propagation has to be entirely 

 effected by division. Cuttings soon take root durrag 

 the rains. The plant stands a wonderful amount of 

 pruning, and may on that account be trained into 

 various artistic or grotesque forms. 



338 Cinchona succirubra, Wbdd. 



Fig.— Howard's III. Neuva Quinologia p, 7. 



References.— P^arm, Ind. ; Diet. ofEcon. Prod, 

 of Ind. 



The red bark. This important tree, with the 

 allied species G. officinalis^ Hook,-— Loxa,; crown. 



