MYSORE AND OOOBG. 



186, 



province witli Wrightia tinctoria, 'Beppale.' Dr. G-eo. 

 Watt has therefore done good service by publishing 

 the diagnostic characters of the two genera, which 

 the writer ventures to reproduce for the information 

 of forest officials in this State. 



Wrightia. 



(1) Oorolla not more tlian 

 twice the lengtli of the calyx, 

 mouth surrounded by a corona 

 or teeth. 



(2) Stamens inserted within 

 the mouth of the oorolla, an- 

 thers protruding, twisted and 

 surrounded by the corona. 



(3) Seeds straight, oblong, 

 compressed, with a coma of 

 hairs at the base, the apex being 

 pointed and naked. 



Holarrhena. 



(1) Gorolla three or four 

 times the length of the calyx ; 

 mouth naked. 



(2) Stamens inserted at the 

 bottom of the tube and there- 

 fore not protruding. 



(3) Seeds linear, oblong, com. 

 pressed, concave, with a coma 

 of hairS'On the apex. 



If the last vernacular name applies to this species, 

 which is open to question, the tree is used for 

 fuel and manure in Shimoga, while the seeds 

 yield an oil. In Bombay, the bark and seeds 

 'have a local market value, the former selling at 

 Rs. 1 — 8 per maund of S7^ lbs. and the latter at 

 -Rs. 25 for the same quantity. More information is 

 still wanted as to the local value of this tree, es- 

 pecially in regard to the utility of its medicinal bark, 

 the merits of -which are so much prized in other 

 parts of India. 



It is the true ' Conessi Bark' of commerce. 

 376 Tabernaemontana coronaria, Br. Kan. Nandi. 



battal or batlu. 



Fig.— Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Wight Ic 



t. 477. 

 References— Diet, of Econ. Prod, oflnd. ■ Fl. 



of Brit. hid. 



An evefgree^, shrub cultivated in the Lal-Bagh 

 and other gardens forits beautiful flowers. The latter 



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