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forms gregarious woods as it does in the north. 

 Leaves deciduous for nearly two months during 

 the close of the cold and beginning of the warm 

 seasons. Crowded at the ends of the branchlets, 

 pubescent and coppery-red when young, eventually 

 quite glabrous. Petiolate, oblong-elliptic shortly 

 acute. Average blade 8x4 in. Flowers cream- 

 coloured and honey-scented, not so heavy as in the 

 last species. Berry the size of a Belgaum" walnut 

 with 1 — 4 seeds. The cultivation of this tree seems 

 desirable, as its economic properties, although 

 almost identical with those of B. longifolia, have been 

 fully tested, and are therefore more appreciated 

 than the properties of the latter. In Central and 

 Northern India the species is a well known supplier 

 of food, medicine, liquor and timber, although the 

 last named product is usually exempted in favour of 

 the more valued flowers and seeds. The Ead Ippe 

 is mostly confined, as the name implies, to the jungle 

 forests, but it rarely ascends beyond the mixed zone, 

 nor does it appear to be much used in the domestic 

 economy of the people. The wood, which is reddish- 

 brown in colour, is protected by a thickish, corky 

 bark which often cracks in horizontal rings or 

 sections of rings. The quality of the wood is favor- 

 ably reported on both by Brandis and Beddome, 

 The dried flowers are eaten. 



Cultivation.— Practically as for B. longifolia. The 

 re-production noticed in sdme localities is probably 

 due to the intervention of birds and vermin. 



349 Bassia malabarica, Bebd. 



Although this tree has not been reported from 

 the Malnad, there is little doubt it exists on the 

 western frontier. 



350 Mimusops Elengi, Linn. Kan. Pagade, BoHu? 



Kanja, PogaSa, Halmadliu. 



Fig— Bat. Flates Lal-Boigli Collection. Bedd. Fl, 

 Sylv. t. 4D. Wight Ic. t. 1586, 



