168 90SBI3T TSXES. 



Condiainmea, or pale bark, — C. calisaya, Wedd. — ^yel. 

 low bark, — and C, calisaya var. Ledgericma, are 

 cultivated to some extent in tlie coffee-planting dis- 

 tricts of Mysore and Coorg. But Cinchona bark is 

 scarcely an export article at present, although, very 

 good samples are said to have been forwarded to 

 the English market. The total area under privaite 

 cultivation in Mysore and Coorg possibly does not 

 exceed 2,000 acres. When a sufllcient number of 

 factories have been established in the country for 

 the preparation of quinine, and especially for the 

 extraction of the alkaloids, cultivation will become 

 more remunerative than it has been in the past. 

 Cinchona trees are of no value in the maidan portion 

 of Mysore, but a good field for production might 

 possibly be found in the Baba Budan range. 



XLI. OOMPOSITJE. 



339 Vernonia arborea, Ham. 



A small evergreen tree cultivated in the Botanical 

 Gardens. It is indigenous to the Nilgiri range and 

 may be found on the higher altitudes of Western 

 Mysore. Of Compositas, it is the only arbofesceat 

 species found in Southern India. 



XLII. MYRSINE^. 



340 Maesa indica. Wail. 



A small evergreen tree of the extreme western 

 forests. Berries edible. 



341 Embelia robusta, Roxb. 



In hilly tracts towards the west of Mysol-e. A 

 rambhng shrub or small tree. Fruit edible and 

 medibirial. H. Bihes, Butro. is an allied species, the 

 berries of which are much prized in native medicine, 

 It is a strong wobdy climber known by the Kanarese 

 jwmes Ya-^iMUga, and Vayivalangd. Th© fruit of 



